Iris Elmazoska
Iris Elmazoska Position: Lecturer School/office: School of Health SciencesEmail: aXJpcy5lbG1hem9za2E7b3J1LnNl
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Room: P2149
About Iris Elmazoska
Iris Elmazoska is an audiologist and holds an MSc in Audiology and a PhD in Disability Science. Since October 2025, she has been a university lecturer, working with teaching and research in hearing science, and also has a clinical position in audiological rehabilitation at Örebro University Hospital.
Her doctoral thesis focuses on adolescents’ music listening habits in relation to hearing function and the prevention of noise-induced hearing loss.
Iris is currently involved in the research project Hear@Work, which investigates return to work and vocational rehabilitation for people with hearing loss and experience of work-related mental health problems.
Research projects
Active projects
- Hear@Work - vocational reahbilitation and sustainable return to work for persons with hearing loss and work related mental health issues
- Hearing-related risk-taking among children and adolescents
- Listening habits and noise induced hearing loss among adolescents 10-15 years of age. -A longitudinal study
Publications
Articles in journals
- Elmazoska, I. , Persson Waye, K. , Mäki-Torkko, E. & Widén, S. (2026). Headphone Listening Levels, Attitudes to Noise, and Auditory Symptoms Among Children and Adolescents. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 69 (1), 347-361. [BibTeX]
- Elmazoska, I. , Bengtsson, S. & Widén, S. (2025). "It's about wanting to disappear from the world… " - an interpretative phenomenological analysis on the meaning of music and hearing-related risks. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 20 (1). [BibTeX]
Articles, reviews/surveys
- Elmazoska, I. , Mäki-Torkko, E. , Granberg, S. & Widén, S. (2024). Associations Between Recreational Noise Exposure and Hearing Function in Adolescents and Young Adults: A Systematic Review. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 67 (2), 688-710. [BibTeX]
Doctoral theses, comprehensive summaries
- Elmazoska, I. (2025). Music and Hearing Health: A Study on Music Listening Behaviors and Hearing-Related Risks Among Young People. (Doctoral dissertation). (Comprehensive summary) Örebro: Örebro University. [BibTeX]
Manuscripts
- Elmazoska, I. , Persson Waye, K. , Mäki-Torkko, E. & Widén, S. Headphone Listening Levels and Hearing Function Among Children and Adolescents. [BibTeX]
- Elmazoska, I. , Persson Waye, K. , Mäki-Torkko, E. & Widén, S. Headphone Listening Levels, Attitudes to Noise and Auditory Symptoms Among Children and Adolescents. [BibTeX]