Canadian interpreter’s workplace injury highlights on-the-job health risks

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Nov 18 2022 | 00:04:24

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The government of Canada is currently investigating the conditions that led to a particularly bad case of acoustic shock in an interpreter working on Parliament Hill last month.

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