Personality and Work Life: A Comparison Between Hearing-Impaired Persons and a Normal-Hearing Population

Backenroth-Ohsako, Gunnel; Wennberg, Peter; Klinteberg, Britt af

doi:10.2224/sbp.2003.31.2.191

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“…It has been speculated that fatigue and anxiety result from efforts to regain control of difficult communication (Backenroth-Ohsako et al, 2003). Situations that require reliance on lipreading can cause emotional discomfort, frustration, anger, and impatience with misunderstandings and ambiguities (Sneed and Joss, 1999).…”

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Educational attainment, labour force status and injury: a comparison of Canadians with and without deafness and hearing loss

Woodcock

Pole

2008

International Journal of Rehabilitation Research

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Communication is essential to both educational attainment and labour force participation. Deafness--both the disability and the culture--creates a communication barrier. The objective of this study is to profile the educational attainment, labour force status and injury profile of deaf and hard-of-hearing Canadians in relation to the population as a whole. Using data from the Canada Community Health Survey 1.1, a cross-sectional survey conducted by Statistics Canada with a total of 131,535 respondents, a series of logistic regression models were fitted to estimate the odds of reporting the presence of educational attainment, labour force status and injury, and being classified as having a hearing problem. For each odds ratio, 95% confidence intervals are provided. All analyses were adjusted for age and sex with some analyses being restricted to appropriate age ranges or having further adjustments made, depending on the outcome. Approximately 4% of the respondents were considered to have a hearing problem. The prevalence of hearing problems increases with age and men have a slightly higher prevalence of hearing problems compared with women (4.52 vs. 3.53%). Respondents classified as having a hearing problem, whether hearing loss or deafness, were more likely to have achieved less education, less likely to be working and experience higher rates of injury and work-related injury compared with hearing respondents. These results underscore the need to equalize access to education and employment and assure the accessibility to workplace safety and wellness for this minority group.

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Educational attainment, labour force status and injury: a comparison of Canadians with and without deafness and hearing loss

Woodcock

Pole

2008

International Journal of Rehabilitation Research

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“…It is consequently estimated that the impact of untreated HI in the workforce costs $122 billion in lost wages annually in the United States (Kochkin, 2005). In terms of their experiences, compared to employees with normal hearing, AHI report a higher degree of fatigue, muscular tension, and anxiety (Backenroth-Ohsako, Wennberg, & Klinteberg, 2003); experience loss of worker identity (Jennings & Shaw, 2008); perceive themselves as having significantly less control at work; and also report higher instances of sick leave (Kramer, 2008). In terms of their experiences, compared to employees with normal hearing, AHI report a higher degree of fatigue, muscular tension, and anxiety (Backenroth-Ohsako, Wennberg, & Klinteberg, 2003); experience loss of worker identity (Jennings & Shaw, 2008); perceive themselves as having significantly less control at work; and also report higher instances of sick leave (Kramer, 2008).…”

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Outcomes of Group Audiological Rehabilitation for Unaided Adults With Hearing Impairment and Their Significant Others

Habanec

Kelly-Campbell

2015

Am J Audiol

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“…Additionally, data of the U.S. working population have shown that 75% of the normal hearing when compared to 67% of the hearing-impaired working-age population was employed. Furthermore, there is evidence for an imbalance of employment between hearing impaired and normally hearing individuals: 30% of hearing impaired adults in Sweden were unemployed as compared to only 12% of normally hearing adults [ 4 ].…”

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

Wagner-Hartl

Grossi

Kallus

2018

IJERPH

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Based on demographic prognoses, it must be assumed that a greater number of older workers will be found in the future labor market. How to deal with their possible age-related impairments of sensory functions, like hearing impairment and work performance during extended working time, has not been addressed explicitly until now. The study addresses this interplay. The study was performed on two consecutive days after normal working hours. The 55 participants had to “work” in the study at least three additional hours to simulate a situation of long working hours. The tested measures for (job) performance were: general attention, long-term selective attention, concentration, and reaction time. All of the investigated variables were taken at both days of the study (2 × 2 × 2 repeated measurement design). The results show effects for age, the interaction of hearing impairment and time of measurement, and effects of the measurement time. Older participants reacted slower than younger participants did. Furthermore, younger participants reacted more frequently in a correct way. Hearing impairment seems to have a negative impact especially on measures of false reactions, and therefore especially on measurement time 1. The results can be interpreted in a way that hearing-impaired participants are able to compensate their deficits over time.

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Personality and Work Life: A Comparison Between Hearing-Impaired Persons and a Normal-Hearing Population

Cited by 28 publications

References 27 publications

Educational attainment, labour force status and injury: a comparison of Canadians with and without deafness and hearing loss

Educational attainment, labour force status and injury: a comparison of Canadians with and without deafness and hearing loss

Outcomes of Group Audiological Rehabilitation for Unaided Adults With Hearing Impairment and Their Significant Others

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

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