Does the presentation of audiometric test data have a positive effect on the perceptions of workplace noise and noise exposure avoidance?

Noise and Health

Volumn 6, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 75-84

  Williams, Warwick ^a   Purdy, S C ^a   Murray, N ^a   Dillon, H ^a   LePage, E ^a   Challinor, K ^b   Storey, L ^a  

^a NATIONAL ACOUSTIC LABORATORIES   (Australia)

^b New England Area Rural Training Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

Barriers; Feedback; Hearing loss; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NOISE POLLUTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUDIOMETRY; AUSTRALIA; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH; SELF EFFICACY; WORKPLACE;

EID: 6944228922     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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