Hearing healthcare for workers with hearing loss: audiologists’ experiences and views

Figures & data

Table 1. Participants' characteristics.

Number	25 participants
Age	Range: 23–58 years
	Mean: 36.5 (Standard deviation: 12.2)
Gender	Female: 19
	Male: 6
Years of experience in the audiology field	Range: 2–38 years
	Mean: 13.5 (Standard deviation: 11.2)
Area of work	Adult rehabilitation: all
	Cochlear implant services: 4
	Additional areas of work (paediatrics, vestibular clinics or tinnitus support): 5
Type of service	NHS service: 10
	Independent company: 6
	Independent company providing NHS services: 9
Type of work	Full time: 21
	Part time: 4
Qualifications in audiology	Bachelor in Audiology: 16
	Masters in Audiology: 8
	Doctor of Philosophy: 3
	British Association of Audiology Technicians: 3
	Medical Physics and Physiologic Measurements: 2
	Registered hearing aid dispenser: 4
	Hearing therapy qualification: 2
	Others: British Society of Audiology certification: 1, MSc in Clinical Science (Neurosensory Science): 1, Graduate Diploma in Audiology: 1, Ordinary National Certificates in Physiological measurements: 2

Figure 1. The generated themes and subthemes.

Table 2. Participants' identifiers.

AR	Participants working in adult rehabilitation clinics
CI	Participants working in cochlear implant services
NHS	Participants working in the National Health Services
IC AQP	Participants working in independent companies that provide National Health Services under the Any Qualified Provider scheme, which is a government policy that concerns the hearing care services for adults in the UK, by which an opportunity is given to the private hearing care services to provide National Health Services)
IC	Participants working in Independent companies that do not provide National Health services

Figure 2. The facilitators and barriers that the audiologists perceived to be affecting WHLs' audiological rehabilitation. F: facilitator; B: barrier; ATW: Access to Work; WHL: workers with hearing loss; NHS: National Health Services; IC: independent companies.