Evaluating auditory perception and communication demands required to carry out work tasks and complimentary hearing resources and skills for older workers with hearing loss

Work

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 101-113

  Jennings, Mary Beth ^a   Shaw, L ^a   Hodgins, H ^a   Kuchar, D A ^a   Poost Foroosh Bataghva, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Auditory perception; Evaluation; Hearing loss; Older workers; Workplace communication

Indexed keywords

AGE; AUDIOMETRY; BIOENGINEERING; CANADA; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; REVIEW; SAFETY; WORK CAPACITY; WORKPLACE;

AGE FACTORS; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CANADA; COMMUNICATION; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; SAFETY; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 77649086910     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2010-0961     Document Type: Article

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