Occupational outcomes for vocational rehabilitation consumers with hearing impairments

Most studies on the employment trends of people with hearing impairments have been written according to the context and structure of the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT). Until very recently, the federal vocational rehabilitation (VR) program used the DOT when recording employment outcomes of...

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Published in:The Journal of rehabilitation 2010-07, Vol.76 (3), p.40
Main Author: Boutin, Daniel L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Care and treatment
Deafness
Disability
Health aspects
Hearing disorders
Linguistics
Occupations
People with disabilities
Vocational rehabilitation
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Summary:Most studies on the employment trends of people with hearing impairments have been written according to the context and structure of the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT). Until very recently, the federal vocational rehabilitation (VR) program used the DOT when recording employment outcomes of its consumers. However, the VR program has switched to the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) and now categorizes consumers' occupational attainments with a different hierarchical structure than the DOT. A proportional analysis was run on degree of hearing loss and occupational category for consumers with hearing impairments who exited the VR program during fiscal year 2007. A relation between these variables was found and specific cells contributing to the findings are discussed.
ISSN:0022-4154