ArticleEnvironmental health perspectives2003
Hearing loss in workers exposed to carbon disulfide and noise.
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- The effects of combined exposure of solvents and noise on auditory function - A systematic review and meta-analysis.The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir Kommunikasieafwykings · 2019Pooled it
- Occupational noise exposure and hearing: a systematic review.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2016Pooled it
- The combined effects of occupational exposure to noise and other risk factors - a systematic review.Noise & healthPooled it
- Combined effects of xylene and noise exposure at realistic low levels on hearing impairment: a cross-sectional study in China.Preventive medicine reports · 2026Article
- Health Outcomes Related to Multiple Exposures in Occupational Settings: A Review.Safety and health at work · 2024Review
- Which Environmental Pollutants Are Toxic to Our Ears?-Evidence of the Ototoxicity of Common Substances.Toxics · 2024Review
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- Effects of co-exposure to CSJournal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England) · 2020Article
- Current and historical individual data about exposure of workers in the rayon industry to carbon disulfide and their validity in calculating the cumulative dose.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2014Article
- Chemical exposure and hearing loss.Disease-a-month : DM · 2013Review
- Hearing loss in workers exposed to toluene and noise.Environmental health perspectives · 2006Article
- Solvent neurotoxicity.Occupational and environmental medicine · 2006Review
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Abstract
Simultaneous exposure to carbon disulfide and noise may have a combined effect on hearing impairment. In this study we investigated hearing loss in 131 men with exposure to noise [80-91 A-weighted decibels; dB(A)] and CS(2) (1.6-20.1 ppm) in a viscose rayon plant. These men were compared with 105 men in the adhesive tape and electronic industries who were exposed to noise only and with 110 men employed in the administrative office of the rayon plant who were exposed to low noise and no CS(2). We conducted interviews to obtain sociodemographic information and exposure assessments, and we performed physical examinations, including hearing tests. Results showed that the prevalence of hearing loss of > 25 dB hearing loss (dBHL) in rayon workers (67.9%) was much higher than that in administrative workers (23.6%) and in the adhesive tape and electronic industrial workers (32.4%). Hearing loss occurred mainly for speech frequencies of 0.5, 1, and 2 kHz. When the CS(2) exposure was measured by the product of CS(2 )exposure level and employment years, the adjusted odds ratios of hearing loss of > 25 dBHL in rayon workers, compared with administrative workers, were 3.8 [95% confidence interval (CI), 1.5-9.4] for those with the exposure of 37-214 year-ppm, 14.2 (95% CI, 4.4-45.9) with 215-453 year-ppm exposure, and 70.3 (95% CI, 8.7-569.7) with exposure of > 453 year-ppm. The study suggests that CS(2) exposure enhances human hearing loss in a noisy environment and mainly affects hearing in lower frequencies.
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