Occupational performance: Comparing normally-hearing and hearing-impaired employees using the Amsterdam Checklist for Hearing and Work

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 503-512

  Kramer, Sophia E ^a   Kapteyn, Theo S ^a   Houtgast, Tammo ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amsterdam checklist; Distinguishing sounds; Distress; Effort; Hearing impairment; Job control; Job demand; Noise; Sick leave; Work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY REHABILITATION; CHECKLIST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMPLOYEE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MENTAL STRESS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; NOISE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WORK;

ADULT; AGED; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SICK LEAVE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORK; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 33749254788     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14992020600754583     Document Type: Article

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