Advancing work participation for persons with hearing loss.

This special issue was envisioned to provide international perspectives on research and viewpoints on work rehabilitation relevant to the work participation of persons with hearing loss. Papers in this special issue engaged the voices of persons with hearing loss who are active in creating awareness about the work potential of persons with hearing loss as well as advocating for systemic change, use of technology and the reduction of hearing stigma (Kooser from the US, Hannan from Canada, and Nealon from Australia). Consistent with WORK’s aim to support scholarship of graduate students we invited graduate students to submit papers and have a systematic review by Gussenhoven et al. that includes students and researchers from the Netherlands. Three research papers (Jennings, et al., Stam et al., Cheesman et al.) explore hearing and work in this issue. We (the three guest editors) drew on the current knowledge from the articles in this special issue to develop a ‘Pay it Forward’ knowledge transfer document on Tips for Work Rehabilitation Professionals and service providers in enabling hearing solutions at work. This issue begins with two Sounding Board articles. Nealon shares viewpoints relevant to hearing, rehabilitation and policy from Australia. Kooser calls for a renewed focus on comprehensive approaches to address