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- Carlsson, Per-Inge, et al.
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Quality of life, psychosocial consequences, and audiological rehabilitation after sudden sensorineural hearing loss
- 2011
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Ingår i: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AUDIOLOGY. - Informa Healthcare. - 1499-2027. ; 50:2, s. 139-U84
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Objective: Sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSHL) is characterized by a rapid loss of hearing, most often of cochlear origin. Very little attention has been paid in the literature to quality of life (QoL), psychosocial consequences and audiological rehabilitation after SSHL. Design: We studied how level of hearing loss, hearing recovery, tinnitus and vertigo affect QoL after SSHL and the psychosocial consequences of SSHL in terms of sick leave. Furthermore, the audiological rehabilitation given to patients in connection with SSHL and the benefit of the rehabilitation were studied. Study Sample: Three hundred and sixty-nine (369) patients with SSHL were analysed in the present study. Results: Annoying tinnitus and remaining vertigo after SSHL were the strongest predictors of negative effects on QoL. Conclusions: The study indicates that patients with SSHL require extended audiological rehabilitation including a multi-disciplinary rehabilitation approach (medical, social and psychological) to cope with the complex issues that can arise after SSHL.
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- Hillborg, Helene, et al.
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Expectations, visions and sense of empowerment : in the face of a vocational rehabilitation process for people with psychiatric disabilities
- 2010
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Ingår i: Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research. - 1501-7419. ; 12:2, s. 109-124
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The aim of this study is to reveal the meaning some people with psychiatric disabilities assigned to important experiences related to long periods of participation restrictions owing to unemployment and sick leave. The data comprise open-ended interviews with eight informants. A hermeneutic approach together with a comparative analysis was used to analyze the data. The results showed six types of mechanisms important for the outcome of the rehabilitation process: support, understanding, time, control, self-image and vision of the future. Our results indicate that environmental factors such as experience of support and understanding of professionals and time-efficacy seemed to have a great effect on the individuals' attitudes concerning the activities and measures they expected to carry out during their coming rehabilitation. These experiences seemed to affect their belief in their own abilities, their sense of control, and their belief in successful performance. Theories about empowerment closely related to social emotions like pride and shame are also discussed in an attempt to deepen the understanding of the studied phenomena.
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