Background: Auditory fitness for duty (AFFD) refers to the possession of hearing abilities
sufficient for safe and effective job performance. In jobs such as law enforcement and …

Background: Auditory fitness for duty (AFFD) testing is an important element in an
assessment of workers' ability to perform job tasks safely and effectively. Functional hearing …

Many jobs at the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) have several features
in common: they are often performed in noisy environments and involve a number of …

For older workers with acquired hearing loss, this loss as well as the changing nature of
work and the workforce, may lead to difficulties and disadvantages in obtaining and …

Objective: Validate use of the Extended Speech Intelligibility Index (ESII) for prediction of
speech intelligibility in non-stationary real-world noise environments. Define a means of …

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is tasked with generating
new knowledge in the field of occupational safety and health and transferring that …

Objectives: The goals of this investigation were to gauge how hearing loss affects the self-
perceived job performance and psycho-emotional status of professionals in the workforce …

Effective communication is a crucial requirement in many workplaces to ensure safe and
effective operations. Often, critical verbal communications are carried out in noise, which can …

Background Construction and farming are characterized by small independently operated
enterprises; few are included in hearing loss prevention programs. This study describes …

In order to preserve their operational effectiveness and ultimately their survival, military
personnel must be able to detect important acoustic signals and maintain situational …