Quality of life, effort and disturbance perceived in noise: A comparison between employees with aided hearing impairment and normal hearing

References

• Bess F.H. 2000. The role of generic health-related quality of life measures in establishing audiological rehabilitation outcomes. Ear Hear, 21, 74S–79S.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Borg G. 1990. Psychoscial scaling with applications in physical work and the perception of excertion. Scand J Work Environ Health, 16, 55–58.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Brazier J.E., Harper R., Jones N.M., O'Cathain A., Thomas K.J. et al. 1992. Validating the SF-36 health survey questionnaire: New outcome measure for primary care. BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 305, 160–164.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chia E.M., Wang J.J., Rochtchina E., Cumming R.R., Newall P. et al. 2007. Hearing impairment and health-related quality of life: The Blue Mountains Hearing Study. Ear Hear, 28, 187–195.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Cohen J. 1978. Statistical Power Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences. New York: Academic Press.
   Google Scholar
• Dalton D.S., Cruickshanks K.J., Klein B.E., Klein R., Wiley T.L. et al. 2003. The impact of hearing loss on quality of life in older adults. The Gerontologist, 43, 661–668.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Danermark B. & Gellerstedt L.C. 2004. Psychosocial work environment, hearing impairment and health. Int J Audiol, 43, 383–389.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Fayers P. & Machin D. 2007. Quality of Life: The Assessment, Analysis and Interpretation of Patient-reported Outcomes: John Wiley & Sons.
   Google Scholar
• Gellerstedt L.C. & Danermark B. 2004. Hearing impariment, working life conditions, and gender. SJDR, 6, 225–245.
   Google Scholar
• Grimby A. & Ringdahl A. 2000. Does having a job improve the quality of life among post-lingually deafened Swedish adults with severe-profound hearing impairment?. British Journal of Audiology, 34, 187–195.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hallberg L.R., Hallberg U. & Kramer S.E. 2008. Self-reported hearing difficulties, communication strategies, and psychological general well-being (quality of life) in patients with acquired hearing impairment. Disability and Rehabilitation, 30, 203–212.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hogan A., O'Loughlin K., Miller P. & Kendig H. 2009. The health impact of a hearing disability on older people in Australia. Journal of Aging and Health, 21, 1098–1111.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Jahncke H. & Halin N. 2012. Performance, fatigue and stress in open-plan offices: The effects of noise and restoration on hearing-impaired and normal-hearing individuals. Noise & Health, 14, 260–272.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Kramer S.E., Kapteyn T.S. & Houtgast T. 2006. Occupational performance: Comparing normally-hearing and hearing-impaired employees using the Amsterdam checklist for hearing and work. Int J Audiol, 45, 503–512.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Larsby B., Hallgren M., Lyxell B. & Arlinger S. 2005. Cognitive performance and perceived effort in speech processing tasks: Effects of different noise backgrounds in normal-hearing and hearing-impaired subjects. Int J Audiol, 44, 131–143.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Magnusson L. 1995. Reliable clinical determination of speech recognition scores using Swedish PB words in speech-weighted noise. Scandinavian Audiology, 24, 217–223.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• McHorney C.A., Ware J.E. Jr. & Raczek A.E. 1993. The MOS 36-item short-form health survey (SF-36): II. Psychometric and clinical tests of validity in measuring physical and mental health constructs. Medical Care, 31, 247–263.
   Google Scholar
• Newman C.W., Weinstein B.E., Jacobson G.P. & Hug G.A. 1990. The hearing handicap inventory for adults: Psychometric adequacy and audiometric correlates. Ear Hear, 11, 430–433.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Newman C.W., Weinstein B.E., Jacobson G.P. & Hug G.A. 1991. Test-retest reliability of the hearing handicap inventory for adults. Ear Hear, 12, 355–357.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Pichora-Fuller M.K. 2006. Perceptual effort and apparent cognitive decline: Implications for audiologic rehabilitation. Semin Hear, 27, 289–293.
   Google Scholar
• Pugh K.C. & Crandell C.C. 2002. Hearing loss, hearing handicap, and functional health status between African American and Caucasian American seniors. J Am Acad Audiol, 13, 493–502.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Rudner M., Lunner T., Behrens T., Thoren E.S. & Ronnberg J. 2012. Working memory capacity may influence perceived effort during aided speech recognition in noise. J Am Acad Audiol, 23, 577–589.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Stark P. & Hickson L. 2004. Outcomes of hearing-aid fitting for older people with hearing impairment and their significant others. Int J Audiol, 43, 390–398.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sullivan M. & Karlsson J. 1998. The Swedish SF-36 Health Survey III. Evaluation of criterion-based validity: Results from normative population. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 51, 1105–1113.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sullivan M., Karlsson J. & Ware J.E. Jr. 1995. The Swedish SF-36 Health Survey. I. Evaluation of data quality, scaling assumptions, reliability, and construct validity across general populations in Sweden. Social Science & Medicine (1982), 41, 1349–1358.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Statistics Sweden. 2003. Funktionshindrade (disabled) 1988–1999. Levandsförhållanden, Rapport 97.
   Google Scholar
• Statistics Sweden. 2007. Undersökningarna av levnadsförhållanden, ULF [Surveys on living conditions, ULF].
   Google Scholar
• Ware J.E. Jr. & Sherbourne C.D. 1992. The MOS 36-item short-form health survey (SF-36). I. Conceptual framework and item selection. Medical Care, 30, 473–483.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ventry I.M. & Weinstein B.E. 1982. The hearing handicap inventory for the elderly: A new tool. Ear Hear, 3, 128–134.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Zekveld A.A., Kramer S.E. & Festen J.M. 2011. Cognitive load during speech perception in noise: The influence of age, hearing loss, and cognition on the pupil response. Ear Hear, 32, 498–510.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar