abstract: 'OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between hearing status,

  socioeconomic status and work status.

  PARTICIPANTS: Cross-sectional data of 18 64 year old participants (N =

  1888) from the National Longitudinal Study on Hearing (NL-SH) were used.

  Both normal hearing and hearing impaired subjects participated.

  METHODS: Hearing ability in noise was measured with the National Hearing

  test, an online speech-in-noise test. Educational level, monthly income,

  being primary income earner and working status (i.e., paid employment,

  unemployed and looking for work, unfit for work, voluntary work,

  household work, being a student, or taking early retirement, and the

  type of work contract) were assessed with a questionnaire. Logistic

  regression analyses were applied.

  RESULTS: Participants with poorer hearing ability were less likely to be

  found in the upper categories of educational level and income, having

  paid work > 12 hours per week, being a student, or taking early

  retirement. On the other hand they were more likely to look for work or

  to be unfit for work. No associations were found with voluntary work and

  household work.

  DISCUSSION: Hearing ability seems to be related to both socioeconomic

  status and being employed. Our findings underline the importance of

  rehabilitation programs in audiology, aimed at supporting people with

  hearing impairment to help them to successfully enter or re-enter the

  workforce.'
affiliation: 'Stam, M (Corresponding Author), Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Med Ctr, Dept
  ENT Audiol, POB 5700, NL-1007 MB Amsterdam, Netherlands.

  Stam, M.; Festen, J. M.; Kramer, S. E., Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Med Ctr, Dept ENT
  Audiol, NL-1007 MB Amsterdam, Netherlands.

  Stam, M.; Kostense, P. J.; Festen, J. M.; Kramer, S. E., EMGO Inst Hlth \& Care
  Res, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

  Kostense, P. J., Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Med Ctr, Dept Epidemiol \& Biostat, NL-1007
  MB Amsterdam, Netherlands.'
author: Stam, M. and Kostense, P. J. and Festen, J. M. and Kramer, S. E.
author-email: mari.stam@vumc.nl
author_list:
- family: Stam
  given: M.
- family: Kostense
  given: P. J.
- family: Festen
  given: J. M.
- family: Kramer
  given: S. E.
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.3233/WOR-131747
eissn: 1875-9270
files: []
issn: 1051-9815
journal: WORK-A JOURNAL OF PREVENTION ASSESSMENT \& REHABILITATION
keywords: 'Hearing impairment; (un)employed; socioeconomic status; voluntary work;

  household work'
keywords-plus: 'LABOR-FORCE PARTICIPATION; SOCIOECONOMIC INEQUALITIES; PSYCHOSOCIAL

  HEALTH; NATIONAL-SURVEY; OLDER WORKERS; IMPAIRMENT; EMPLOYMENT; AGE;

  INTERNET; ADULTS'
language: English
number: '2'
number-of-cited-references: '42'
orcid-numbers: Kramer, Sophia E./0000-0002-0451-8179
pages: 207-219
papis_id: 099227a45ed42dd552700ea8d020eb4a
ref: Stam2013relationshiphearing
times-cited: '28'
title: 'The relationship between hearing status and the participation in different
  categories of work: Demographics'
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000326462200010
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '20'
volume: '46'
web-of-science-categories: Public, Environmental \& Occupational Health
year: '2013'