Personality and work life: A comparison between hearing-impaired persons and a normal-hearing population

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 191-204

  Backenroth Ohsako, Gunnel A M ^a,b,c   Wennberg, Peter ^b   Af Klinteberg, Britt ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Hearing impairment; Integration; Personality; Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037229014     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2003.31.2.191     Document Type: Article

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