Prospective, randomized controlled assessment of the short- and long-term efficacy of a hearing conservation education program in Canadian elementary school children

Laryngoscope

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 176-181

  Neufeld, Anastasia ^a   Westerberg, Brian D ^a   Nabi, Shahin ^b   Bryce, Graham ^a   Bureau, Yves ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

advocacy; children; conservation; education; Level of Evidence; Noise induced hearing loss; prevention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CONTROL GROUP; EARPLUG; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEARING LOSS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; NOISE INDUCED HEARING LOSS; NOISE INJURY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CANADA; CHILD; EAR PROTECTIVE DEVICES; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; MALE; MUSIC; SCHOOLS;

EID: 78651067376     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.21185     Document Type: Article

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