Employment and acceptance of hearing protectors in classical symphony and opera orchestras

Noise and Health

Volumn 10, Issue 38, 2008, Pages 14-26

  Zander, Mark ^a,b   Spahn, Claudia ^a   Richter, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b University of Music Freiburg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hearing impairment; Hearing protectors; Hearing symptoms; Musicians; Usage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EAR PROTECTION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING ACUITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSIC; MUSICIAN; NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EAR PROTECTIVE DEVICES; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; MALE; MUSIC; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WORKPLACE;

EID: 50249161960     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: 19984030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1463-1741.39004     Document Type: Article

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