The standpoint of persons with hearing loss on work disparities and workplace accommodations

Work

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 193-204

  Shaw, Lynn ^a   Tetlaff, Britta ^b   Jennings, Mary Beth ^a   Southall, Kenneth E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c Institut Raymond Dewar Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire en réadaptation   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accommodation; hearing loss; workplace

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION; ADAPTATION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; WORKPLACE;

ACCOMMODATION; HEARING LOSS; WORKPLACE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONS WITH HEARING IMPAIRMENTS; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84893781804     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-131741     Document Type: Article

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