Table 1.
Results and support for hypotheses from identified studies.
| Work activity |
Social activity |
Physical activity |
|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| + | = | – | + | = | – | + | = | – | |
| Hearing Loss (decreased activity) | 17 | 4 H1_W |
1 | 9 | 6 H1_S |
0 | 10 | 5 H1_P |
0 |
| Hearing Devices (increased activity) | 5 | 4 H2_W |
0 | 7 | 4 H2_S |
0 | 1 | 1 H2_P |
0 |
“+” result supported the hypothesis, “=” result did not support the hypothesis, “–” result refuted the hypothesis.
Some studies produced more than one result, hence summations in this table do not always equate to the number of studies.