Who Wants a Hearing Aid? Personality Profiles of Hearing Aid Seekers

Cox, Robyn M.; Alexander, Genevieve C.; Gray, Ginger A.

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“…Also it is important to consider, that to implant strategies of prevention hearing losses, e.g., the use of hearing protection, the opinion and perception of workers is important, making them actives in this process. Thus, it is possible a better workers' awareness about the importance of prevention [22][23][24] . The educational workshops collaborate to the awareness of protection against hearing loss noise induced connecting the idea that the worker is an agent of changes in his health and has knowledge RESUMO Objetivo: analisar a eficiência de oficinas em saúde auditiva como proposta de ações educativas para trabalhadores expostos ao ruído.…”

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A eficiência de oficinas em ações educativas na saúde auditiva realizadas com trabalhadores expostos ao ruído

Moreira¹,

Gonçalves

2014

Rev. CEFAC

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A eficiência de oficinas em ações educativas na saúde auditiva realizadas com trabalhadores expostos ao ruídoAline Carlezzo Moreira, Claudia Giglio de Oliveira Gonçalves (2)Regional Reference in Worker's Health Centre of the Alto Uruguai -CEREST, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.Post-graduation Program of the Tuiuti University of Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil. Conflict of interest: non existentAs a result, it becomes essential to establish Health Programs, in the industrial context, which emphasizes the adoption of preventive measures for preservation of workers' hearing, avoiding NoiseInduced Hearing Loss (NIHL) 3,4 . The goal of a Hearing Prevention Program -HPP, in work, is to establish actions so the work environments become healthier, safer and more pleasant, and it has as primary goal to reduce, and even eliminate the NIHL [5][6][7] . Among the aspects that compound a Hearing Prevention Program in work are the actions to control the oto-aggressive agents, to monitor hearing and educational actions, the focus of this study, which the proposition aims the awareness of workers and employers about the consequences INTRODUTIONAlthough noise is present in a lot of occupational environments, its effects are difficult to notice because they are not immediate, but increase through time and may cause irreversible damages to hearing. At present, noise is one of the most potential risks to workers' health, either in industry facilities and other labor activities 1,2 . ABSTRACT Purpose: the effectiveness' analysis of workshops on hearing health as proposed educational actions in health workers exposed to noise. Methods: intervention study of 15 male worker exposed to noise in a food industry. Stages: (1) assessment of hearing profile, (2) application of the questionnaire" Beliefs and attitudes about hearing protection" (NIOSH, 1996) -version A; (3) formulate and conduct three workshops covering some aspects of participatory methodology, with the following themes: anatomy-physiology of hearing, effects of noise, prevention, diagnosis of had noise induced hearing loss, consequences of PAIR, noise and its control, use of ear protections. (4) questionnaire application -version B for workshops evaluation. They were compared with seizure or retention of knowledge through the differences in scores found in questionnaires version A and version B. Results: among investigated workers (15), the average working average working time was 31,5 years, all males showed that 40% had noise induced hearing loss bilaterally. After application of the workshops there was a statistically significant improvement in tree thematic areas, namely: a) Perception of susceptibility to developing a hearing loss, b) Perceived benefits of preventive action and c) Changes in behavioral intentions. Conclusion: the pedagogical design of the Participatory type contributed to the reflection of the workers about preserving your hearing and health in the noise. Using the questionnaire of beliefs and attitudes led to the identification of issues that need to be addressed in...

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confidence: 99%

A eficiência de oficinas em ações educativas na saúde auditiva realizadas com trabalhadores expostos ao ruído

Moreira¹,

Gonçalves

2014

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“…caused by a reduction in hearing accuity 39,43,44,46 , which may happen to arterial hypertensive individuals.…”

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Hipertensão como fator associado à perda auditiva

Marchiori

Filho

Matsuo

2006

Rev. Bras. Otorrinolaringol.

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Aim: To identify likely association between blood hypertension and hearing loss. Design: A non-paired casecontrol study. Setting: Institutional work carried out at Universidade Norte do Paraná, in South Brazil. Material and Method: 154 cases and 154 controls, both genders, aged 45 to 64, included in the research after sample estimation. Methodology: Hypertension was verified through blood pressure readings and by a systematized questionnaire about hypertension and the use of medication for blood pressure. Hearing was assessed through tonal threshold audiometrics and audiologic anamneses. Non-conditional logistic regression was used in order to control likely confusion or modification of effect of other variables on interest associations. Results: There is a significant association between blood hypertension and hearing loss. Hearing loss in the population under study suggests that hypertension is an accelerating factor of degeneration of the hearing apparatus due to aging. Conclusions: The results in this research, through evidence of association between blood hypertension and hearing loss, can allow for an integrated work of cardiologists, nephrologists, otorhinolaryngologists, audiologists and other health professionals concerned with alterations caused by blood hypertension.

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“…As informing the employer is potentially endogenous -because the hearing impaired employee might tell his or her employer about the hearing difficulties when applying for the disability benefits -we instrument it by whether or not hearing impaired respondents usually instruct surrounding persons how best to communicate in order for the hearing impaired to follow the conversation in the best way possible, One the one hand, one might think that people with a hearing aid will be more inclined towards telling their employer about their hearing problems because they carry a visible symbol of them. On the other hand, research show that hearing aid users are less inclined towards using alternative coping strategies such as openness about their hearing disability and instead rely solely on their hearing aid for relief (Cox et al 2005). Furthermore, we do not know if people in possession of a hearing aid actually use it at their work place given that many individuals owning a hearing aid do not use it all the time but instead only use it occasionally (Smeeth et al 2002) and, when they do, it will most often be in the private sphere where they feel the most disabled by their hearing problems (Hallberg 1996;Hétu et al 1993).…”

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Hearing loss and disability exit: Measurement issues and coping strategies

Christensen¹,

Gupta

2017

Economics & Human Biology

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in Hearing Loss and Disability Exit: Measurement Issues and Coping StrategiesVibeke T. Christensen Nabanita Datta Gupta Martin V. Rasmussen The Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in Bonn is a local and virtual international research center and a place of communication between science, politics and business. IZA is an independent nonprofit company supported by Deutsche Post World Net. The center is associated with the University of Bonn and offers a stimulating research environment through its research networks, research support, and visitors and doctoral programs. IZA engages in (i) original and internationally competitive research in all fields of labor economics, (ii) development of policy concepts, and (iii) dissemination of research results and concepts to the interested public. D I S C U S S I O N P A P E R S E R I E SIZA Discussion Papers often represent preliminary work and are circulated to encourage discussion. Citation of such a paper should account for its provisional character. A revised version may be available directly from the author. ABSTRACT Hearing Loss and Disability Exit: Measurement Issues and Coping StrategiesUsing unique representative data containing self-reported functional and clinically measured hearing ability for the Danish population aged 50-64, we estimate the effect of hearing loss on receipt of disability benefits accounting for potential endogeneity of functional hearing. Our identification strategy involves simultaneous estimation of labor supply, functional hearing and coping strategies i.e. using assistive devices at work or informing one's employer about the problem. We find that functional hearing disability significantly increases the likelihood of receiving disability benefits for both men and women. Using assistive devices at the work place decreases the likelihood of going on disability for both genders, whereas telling the employer about the disability increases disability-related exit for both genders, but considerably more so for women. JEL Classification:J26, I12

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Who Wants a Hearing Aid? Personality Profiles of Hearing Aid Seekers

Cited by 120 publications

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A eficiência de oficinas em ações educativas na saúde auditiva realizadas com trabalhadores expostos ao ruído

A eficiência de oficinas em ações educativas na saúde auditiva realizadas com trabalhadores expostos ao ruído

Hipertensão como fator associado à perda auditiva

Hearing loss and disability exit: Measurement issues and coping strategies

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