Chapter 1 44 Table 2. Characteristics of the included participants (N = 294) % Mean (SD) Min ; max Missing n Age 50.9 (8.9) 19 ; 65 0 Gender (% male) 58.6 0 General health condition 2 Good 60.2 Moderate/poor 39.1 Degree of hearing loss (weighted) 0 Normal hearing (<15 dB HL) 22.9 Mild (25-40 dB HL) 28.0 Moderate (40-60 dB HL) 31.7 Severe (60-80 dB HL) 11.3 Profound (>80 dB HL) 6.1 Binaural hearing impairmenta 41.3 (20.8) 3.8 ; 110.8 0 Maximum discrimination 94.5 (12.9) 15 ; 100 1 SNR in continuous noise -2.2 (4.4) -9 ; 14.6 158 Presence of tinnitus (% yes) 63.9 4 Hearing aids (% yes) 57.5 3 Educational level 5 Primary/lower vocational 7.6 General intermediate 7.6 Intermediate vocational 22.5 General secondary 10.0 Higher vocational 36.0 University 16.3 Profession 1 Teacher 26.6 Administrative 19.5 Doctor/nurse 10.2 Manager 9.2 Coach/social worker 5.5 Construction worker 4.4 Police officer/fireman 3.4 Other 21.2 Number of working hours 33.6 (8.7) 16 ; 48 1 Fulfilling managerial tasks (% yes) 88.4 21 Need for recovery (range 0-100) 54.9 (34.1) 0 ; 100 12 Work participation (range 0-100) 49.0 (22.8) 0 ; 95.83 11 Collegial support (range 0-100) 20.8 (13.2) 0 ; 55.56 14 Subjective listening effort (range 0-18) 10.3 (4.1) 0 ; 18 20 Auditory work demands (range 0-48) 30.6 (6.1) 16 ; 48 10 Feeling something should change (% yes) 45.2 24 Communication strategies (range 23-115) 79.8 (15.8) 0 ; 115 7 Personal adjustments (range 29-145) 97.3 (26.2) 0 ; 145 7 SNR indicates Signal-to-Noise ratio. a Binaural hearing impairment is defined as the mean of the pure-tone averages of the left and right ear with a 5:1 weighting favoring the better ear.
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