TY - JOUR
T1 - Communication strategies, personal adjustments, and need for recovery in employees with hearing loss who receive a communication group-training
AU - Hoek-Snieders van der, Hanneke E. M.
AU - Boymans, Monique
AU - Dreschler, Wouter A.
N1 - Funding Information: No funding was received for conducting this study. We thank Libra Revalidation and Audiology and Adelante Audiology and Communication for participating in this study. Publisher Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Purpose: Communication group-trainings are part of current aural rehabilitation practices, but their effect has not yet been investigated systematically in working adults. The purpose of this study was to describe the communication strategies (CS), personal adjustments (PA) and need for recovery (NFR) of employees with hearing loss before and directly after a communication group-training. Methods: Nine employees were included at two audiological centres that provided a different group-training. Two online questionnaires were completed, at baseline and after completing the training. Results: Most employees used more adequate CS after the group-training, but there seems to be a difference between the improvement in PA between the centres. No trends towards a decrease in NFR were observed. Conclusion: It is still challenging to reduce the work difficulties that are encountered by employees with hearing loss. The inter-centre differences point out a need for standardization. Suggestions for improvements are provided and should be further investigated in a larger population.
AB - Purpose: Communication group-trainings are part of current aural rehabilitation practices, but their effect has not yet been investigated systematically in working adults. The purpose of this study was to describe the communication strategies (CS), personal adjustments (PA) and need for recovery (NFR) of employees with hearing loss before and directly after a communication group-training. Methods: Nine employees were included at two audiological centres that provided a different group-training. Two online questionnaires were completed, at baseline and after completing the training. Results: Most employees used more adequate CS after the group-training, but there seems to be a difference between the improvement in PA between the centres. No trends towards a decrease in NFR were observed. Conclusion: It is still challenging to reduce the work difficulties that are encountered by employees with hearing loss. The inter-centre differences point out a need for standardization. Suggestions for improvements are provided and should be further investigated in a larger population.
KW - Adaptation
KW - communication training
KW - hearing loss
KW - psychological
KW - work
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U2 - https://doi.org/10.1080/21695717.2023.2168414
DO - https://doi.org/10.1080/21695717.2023.2168414
M3 - Article
SN - 2169-5717
VL - 21
SP - 216
EP - 223
JO - Hearing, Balance and Communication
JF - Hearing, Balance and Communication
IS - 3
ER -