Hearing loss among classical-orchestra musicians

Noise and Health

Volumn 13, Issue 50, 2011, Pages 45-50

  Toppila, Esko ^a   Koskinen, Heli ^a   Pyykkö, Ilmari ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Hearing threshold; individual susceptibility; noise exposure; questionnaire; sound level measurement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; LOUDNESS RECRUITMENT; MALE; MUSIC; NOISE INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; TINNITUS;

ADULT; AUDIOMETRY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; HYPERACUSIS; MALE; MUSIC; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TINNITUS;

EID: 78650643652     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: 19984030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1463-1741.74001     Document Type: Article

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