This article summarizes results from a study of hearingimpaired
men and women in the labour force in Sweden.
A questionnaire about psychosocial work environment
(in accordance with the Demand-Control Model), health
and wellbeing was sent out and answered by 445 hearingimpaired
people, 20–64 years of age. A large reference
group had previously answered the same questionnaire.
The results indicate that imbalances between demand
and control (i.e. high demand and low control, so-called
high stress work type) is more common among hearingimpaired
people than in the reference group. The outcome
of the combination high demand and low control among
hearing-impaired people is (much) worse than among
hearing-impaired people with other work types ( passive,
active, low stress). Hearing-impaired people with the
high-stress work type more frequently report bad physical
health status and psychological wellbeing regarding a
number of indicators. There is, moreover, a tendency for
women to be worse off than men. Our data suggest that
those involved in audiological rehabilitation should pay
great attention to hearing-impaired people with jobs that
can be characterized as high stress.