What is it about?
This article aims to increase awareness in healthcare staff of environmental considerations and the impact of hearing problems within a workplace.
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Why is it important?
The ability to hear can be substantially reduced if there are background noises or poor acoustics.
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If the environment is suitably designed from the outset, this can help to minimize hearing loss and enable people to communicate more effectively.
Mrs Julie I Swann
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This page is a summary of: Hearing impairment: environmental considerations, British Journal of Healthcare Assistants, November 2009, Mark Allen Group,
DOI: 10.12968/bjha.2009.3.11.45182.
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