CORRECTION

 

Corrigendum: Occupational noise and age: A longitudinal study of hearing sensitivity as a function of noise exposure and age in South African gold mine workers

 

 

Leoni M. Grobler^I; De Wet Swanepoel^I; Susan Strauss^I; Piet Becker^II; Zahan Eloff^III

^IDepartment of Speech- Language Pathology and Audiology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
^IIDepartment of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
^IIIOccupational Health Department, AngloGold Ashanti, Carletonville, South Africa

Correspondence

 

 

In the published article, Grobler, L.M., Swanepoel, D.W., Strauss, S., Becker, P., & Eloff, Z. (2020). Occupational noise and age: A longitudinal study of hearing sensitivity as a function of noise exposure and age in South African gold mine workers. South African Journal of Communication Disorders, 67(2), a687. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajcd.v67i2.687, there was an error in the affiliations. Instead of:

'Authors:

Leoni M. Grobler¹

De Wet Swanepoel²

Susan Strauss²

Piet Becker³

Zahan Eloff⁴

Affiliations:

¹Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

²Department of Speech-Language Therapy and Audiology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

³Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

⁴Occupational Health Department, AngloGold Ashanti, Carletonville, South Africa',

it should be:

'Authors:

Leoni M. Grobler¹

De Wet Swanepoel¹

Susan Strauss¹

Piet Becker²

Zahan Eloff³

Affiliations:

¹Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

²Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

³Occupational Health Department, AngloGold Ashanti, Carletonville, South Africa'.

The authors apologise for this error. The correction does not change the study's findings of significance or overall interpretation of the study's results or the scientific conclusions of the article in any way.

 

 

Correspondence:
Leoni Grobler
leonijordaan@gmail.com

Published: 08 Nov. 2021

 

 

Note: DOI of original article published: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajcd.v67i2.687.