Effects of Workplace Noise and Hearing Protective Devices on Worker's Speech Intelligibility |
Park, Hyoung-Ouk
(Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital)
Sim, Chang-Sun (Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital) Kwon, Joong-Keun (Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital) Kim, Kyoo-Sang (Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute, Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency) Kwon, Young-Joo (Department of Occupational Health Center, Ulsan University Hospital, Ulsan, Korea) Kim, Nam-Jeong (Department of Occupational Health Center, Ulsan University Hospital, Ulsan, Korea) Seo, Min-Suk (Department of Occupational Health Center, Ulsan University Hospital, Ulsan, Korea) Lee, Ji-Ho (Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital) |
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