Table 2.

Summarised outcomes of ordinal logistic regression analyses: factor levels with a significant effect on reported greater or lesser influence on the outcome variables for communication in the community, in the workplace or with household members

Setting/variable	Factor (reference level)
	Gender (male)			Self-reported hearing difficulties (No hearing difficulties)
	Female			Moderate			Significant			Very significant
	p	Coeff	OR	p	Coeff	OR	p	Coeff	OR	p	Coeff	OR
In the community
Quality	< .001	1.13	3.10	< .001	1.02	2.77	< .001	1.840	6.31	< .001	2.85	17.35
Feelings	.013	0.52	1.68	.005	0.70	3.29	< .001	1.81	12.55	< .001	2.23	21.05
Time	Non-significant factor; removed from model						.006	0.97	2.65	.001	1.31	3.69
Participation							.001	1.17	3.21	< .001	1.83	6.24
In the workplace
Quality	.017	0.70	2.01	Non-significant factor; removed from model
Feelings	.011	0.72	2.06	Non-significant factor; removed from model
With household members
Quality	.024	0.53	1.70				.004	1.31	3.69	< .001	1.87	6.52
Feelings	.021	0.59	1.80							.020	1.04	2.83
Time	.021	0.60	1.82				.011	1.14	3.12
Participation	.018	0.62	1.85	Non-significant factor; removed from model
No specific setting
Qual of Life	0.032	0.45	1.57	.032	0.51	1.67	.018	0.81	2.25	.004	1.02	2.76