Women´s Lived Experiences of Disabling Hearing Loss in Daily Life

	Age, years	occupation full-time	significant others	living	disease, actual	hearing loss^4/ dB
A	55	clerk^1/	family	village	rheumatic, tinnitus	—^5/
B	38	teacher	single^2/	city	tinnitus	—^5/
C	45	nurse	family	village	psoriasis	43
D	56	physiotherapy	family	city	arthrosis	—^5/
E	36	nurse	family	city	–	47
F	53	retired	single^3/	town	rheumatic	45
G	41	retired	family	town	rheumatic	41
H	54	musician^1/	single^2/	village	heart	47
I	41	teacher	single	city	—	48
J	54	student	family^3/	city	diabetes, movement	42

[i] ^1/ part-time on sick-leave; ^2/ home living children; ^3/ adult children; ^4/ Hearing Level Better Ear; ^5/ unilateral, severe hearing loss.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.16993/sjdr.39 | Journal eISSN: 1745-3011

Language: English

Page range: 111 - 119

Submitted on: Jun 14, 2017

Accepted on: Jun 14, 2017

Published on: Feb 1, 2018

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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© 2018 Ingrid Jonsson, Birgitta Hedelin, published by Stockholm University Press
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