Impact of Age and Hearing Impairment on Work Performance during Long Working Hours

Wagner-Hartl, Verena; Grossi, Nina Raffaela; Kallus, K. Wolfgang

doi:10.3390/ijerph15010098

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“…The impact of reduced hearing ability may also have a collateral effect on interpersonal relationship, as communication with others become challenging [17]. Adults with hearing loss were reported to have lower employment rates and reduced work productivity as compared to adults with normal hearing [18,19]. A recent systematic review in US found that the direct medical costs due to hearing loss ranged between US$3.3 billion to US$12.8 billion, while the economic cost of productivity loss varied widely between US$1.8 billion to US$194 billion [20].…”

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Cost-utility analysis of hearing aid device for older adults in the community: a delayed start study

Kaur¹,

Chong

Kannapiran³

et al. 2020

BMC Health Serv Res

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Background Hearing aids (HA) is the primary medical intervention aimed to reduce hearing handicap. This study assessed the cost-effectiveness of HA for older adults who were volunteered to be screened for hearing loss in a community-based mobile hearing clinic (MHC). Methods Participants with (1) at least moderate hearing loss (≥40 dB HL) in at least one ear, (2) no prior usage of HA, (3) no ear related medical complications, and (4) had a Mini-Mental State Examination score ≥ 18 were eligible for this study. Using a delayed-start study design, participants were randomized into the immediate-start (Fitted) group where HA was fitted immediately or the delayed-start (Not Fitted) group where HA fitting was delayed for three months. Cost utility analysis was used to compare the cost-effectiveness of being fitted with HA combined with short-term, aural rehabilitation with the routine care group who were not fitted with HA. Incremental cost effectiveness ration (ICER) was computed. Health Utility Index (HUI-3) was used to measure utility gain, a component required to derive the quality adjusted life years (QALY). Total costs included direct healthcare costs, direct non-healthcare costs and indirect costs (productivity loss of participant and caregiver). Demographic data was collected during the index visit to MHC. Cost and utility data were collected three months after index visit and projected to five years. Results There were 264 participants in the Fitted group and 163 participants in the Not Fitted group. No between-group differences in age, gender, ethnicity, housing type and degree of hearing loss were observed at baseline. At 3 months, HA fitting led to a mean utility increase of 0.12 and an ICER gain of S$42,790/QALY (95% CI: S$32, 793/QALY to S$62,221/QALY). At five years, the ICER was estimated to be at S$11,964/QALY (95% CI: S$8996/QALY to S$17,080/QALY) assuming 70% of the participants continued using the HA. As fewer individuals continued using their fitted HA, the ICER increased. Conclusions HA fitting can be cost-effective and could improve the quality of life of hearing-impaired older individuals within a brief period of device fitting. Long term cost-effectiveness of HA fitting is dependent on its continued usage.

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Cost-utility analysis of hearing aid device for older adults in the community: a delayed start study

Kaur¹,

Chong

Kannapiran³

et al. 2020

BMC Health Serv Res

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“…It is a rare business that has no employees with hearing loss, and most organisations can expect hearing issues to become increasingly common among their workers (The Canadian Hard of Hearing Association, 2008). This is confirmed by research (Wagner-Hartl et al, 2018). In their study, "Issues in the school-to-work transition of hard-of-hearing adolescents", Punch et al (2004) examine the implications of current labour market trends for young people, in particular for those with hearing loss, and review data on employment outcomes for deaf and hard-of-hearing people.…”

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The Impact of Communication Disorders on Discrimination against Deaf Workers

Hasanbegović

Kovačević

2019

DCID

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Purpose: The study aimed to determine the impact of communication disorders on discrimination against people who are deaf in the workplace, as well as to find the differences in study participants’ opinions.Method: The study sample consisted of 171 respondents from different industries in Bosnia-Herzegovina- 57 workers who were deaf, 57 workers who could hear, and 57 managers. Both quantitative and qualitative approaches were used in the survey. The opinions of the respondents were elicited through a questionnaire which consisted of 15 statements. The interviews of workers and managers focussed on the presence of discrimination against deaf workers in the workplace. Responses of respondents were converted to quantified values using analysis of discrimination group. The significance of statistical differences among the samples tested is defined at 0.01 level of significance using F-Test.Results: Discriminant analysis tested the null hypothesis that respondents’ answers do not differ regarding discrimination against deaf workers in the workplace. However differences were found between the groups that felt deaf workers did not have equal position at work in comparison to their hearing co-workers. Participants mentioned a number of barriers in workplaces. Workers were of the opinion that there was significant discrimination in the workplace (p>0.01) between groups of participants.Conclusion: There are statistically significant differences in the opinions of respondents regarding statements that workers who are deaf cannot hold positions equal to their co-workers who have regular hearing.

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“…Long work hours have been the normality for employees and the common way of organizations [ 83 ]. However, previous studies only focused on the direct consequence caused by long work hours, and treated it as an independent variable to examine its impact on individuals, organizations or society [ 84 , 85 ]. Few researchers have attempted to discuss the formative mechanism behind this dynamic.…”

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Map Changes and Theme Evolution in Work Hours: A Co-Word Analysis

Liu

Chen

Huang

2018

IJERPH

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(1) Background: Work hours are the basic carrier impacting employees’ work–life experience and organizational performance, and employees have greater anxiety in relation to work hours as new technology requires an increasingly faster work rhythm. However, scientific research on this topic lags far behind the practice, calling to attention the need for research on work hours from the perspective of historical evolution; (2) Methods: The Bibliometric method is used to analyze the 6364 articles and their contained 77 high-frequency keywords related to work hours from the Web of Science published between 1901 and 2017. Additionally, an individual–organization–society integrative perspective was adopted to describe the map changes and theme evolution of work hours; (3) Results and conclusions: The hot spots of research at the organizational level changed significantly around 1990, with the theme of “long work hours” becoming the core issue in recent years. Studies on the individual level have gradually moved from physiological aspects to the issues of burnout and psychological distress. Research topics related to the social level are somewhat loose, and mainly focused on work–life conflict areas. In addition, the cluster analysis based on the high-frequency keywords classifies six research types according to their research themes. Based on these findings, future trends are proposed to provide theoretical and practical reference for future studies.

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Impact of Age and Hearing Impairment on Work Performance during Long Working Hours

Cited by 14 publications

References 71 publications

Cost-utility analysis of hearing aid device for older adults in the community: a delayed start study

Cost-utility analysis of hearing aid device for older adults in the community: a delayed start study

The Impact of Communication Disorders on Discrimination against Deaf Workers

Map Changes and Theme Evolution in Work Hours: A Co-Word Analysis

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