Hearing in young adults. Part I: The effects of attitudes and beliefs toward noise, hearing loss, and hearing protector devices

Noise and Health

Volumn 17, Issue 78, 2015, Pages 237-244

  Keppler, Hannah ^a   Dhooge, Ingeborg ^a   Vinck, Bart ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Attitudes; hearing; hearing protector devices (HPDs); noise induced hearing loss (NIHL); recreational noise exposure; young adults

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BELGIUM; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EAR PROTECTIVE DEVICE; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMAN; MALE; NOISE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; RISK FACTOR; SPONTANEOUS OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; BELGIUM; CULTURE; EAR PROTECTIVE DEVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; MALE; NOISE; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECREATION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84941783821     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: 19984030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1463-1741.165024     Document Type: Article

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