An approach to the development of hearing standards for hearing-critical jobs

Noise and Health

Volumn 6, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 17-37

  Laroche, C ^a   Soli, S ^b   Giguere C ^a   Lagace J ^a   Vaillancourt, V ^a   Fortin, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b HOUSE EAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional hearing ability; Hearing in Noise Test; Hearing critical jobs; HINT; Noise and communication; Task perfomance

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADAPTATION; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; CANADA; CAREER; FISHERY; HEARING; HEARING ACUITY; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MODEL; NOISE; PREDICTION; PSYCHOMETRY; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKILL; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STANDARD; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOUCH; VISION; WORKER;

ADULT; CANADA; FISHERIES; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0742289498     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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