Working in noise with a hearing loss: Perceptions from workers, supervisors, and hearing conservation program managers

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 529-545

  Morata, Thais C ^a,b   Themann, Christa L ^a   Randolph, Robert F ^b   Verbsky, Babette L ^a   Byrne, David C ^a   Reeves, Efrem R ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b Mail Stop C 27 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYABILITY; ETHNOLOGY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; INTERVIEW; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; NOISE INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; STRESS; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKER;

ADULT; EAR PROTECTIVE DEVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION STUDIES; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEARING LOSS; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (U.S.); NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748632110     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aud.0000188148.97046.b8     Document Type: Article

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