MT Herald » computer workstation ergonomics http://mtherald.com The Miscellaneous Yakkings of a Medical Transcriptionist Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:30:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 How To Avoid Hearing Impairment With Headphones In Transcription?http://mtherald.com/ergonomics-for-computer-users-and-medical-transcriptionists-part-4/ http://mtherald.com/ergonomics-for-computer-users-and-medical-transcriptionists-part-4/#comments Sat, 28 Jul 2007 11:01:05 +0000 Raj http://mtherald.com/blog/ergonomics-for-computer-users-and-medical-transcriptionists-part-4/ While our discussion until now has been common to any common computer user/transcriber, the following discussion is going to be unique to medical transcriptionists and call center executives who have to wear headphones in their daily chores, noise induced hearing loss due To regular, sustained usage of headphones. Too much of sound banged into our...Read more

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