Workplace barriers for people with hearing loss

Labour force activities, barriers and enablers for people with a hearing loss : the workforce barriers and incentives study has just been published by the Australian 

Centre for Economic Research on Health.  It considers, by way of survey, 

the problems that people who want to work confront when they have a hearing loss. The results indicate that some of those barriers can be overcome by support in the workplace from colleagues and access to appropriate equipment and support services.
The report concludes, "Measures that remove or ameliorate the barriers that people with a hearing loss currently face present an opportunity to improve participation rates and hours worked in this subpopulation. This is likely to be particularly important as the working age population itself ages and the prevalence of hearing loss grows in the working age population."