Arctic audiology: trials, tribulations, and occasional successes
Ilecki, H.J.; Baxter, J.D.
Journal of Otolaryngology 10(4): 294-298
1981
ISSN/ISBN: 0381-6605 PMID: 6170765 Document Number: 171994
Efforts to provide audiologic services to the Inuit population of the Baffin Zone [Northwest Territory, Canada] have frequently resulted in unexpected problems and frustrations. Often these are the product of 2 very different cultures coming together. Personal experiences in this regard are reviewed with special reference to hearing aid attitudes, noise exposure and the making of instructional audio-visual materials. A brief description of a recently revised hearing conservation program at Frobisher Bay is provided.