The NL-SH is a web-based cohort study in the Netherlands, examining the relationship between hearing impairment and several aspects of life in adults aged between 18 and 70 years. The inclusion to the NL-SH started in 2006 and is still ongoing. Five-year follow-up (T1) started in 2011 and ten-year follow-up (T2) in 2016.
Participants perform an online speech-in-noise-test, known as the National Hearing Test, to objectively assess their hearing ability. They are also asked to fill out a set of online questionnaires regarding their hearing status, hearing aid use, coping with hearing impairment, self-reported hearing disability, ear and hearing related health problems, work situation and work related outcomes (work performance, need for recovery), psychosocial health (depression, anxiety, distress, somatization, loneliness), health-related quality of life, other chronic conditions, health care use, lifestyle (smoking, alcohol) and social media use. Currently more than 3000 people have enrolled and over 15 papers have been published.
You can find more information on the NL-SH cohort study website (in Dutch).
Meta-data of this cohort can be found on the website of GECCO.
APH contact persons: Sophia Kramer, Marieke van Wier
Contact: info@hooronderzoek.nl