ArticleOccupational and environmental medicine2011
Effect of daily noise exposure monitoring on annual rates of hearing loss in industrial workers.
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- Recent advances in hearing conservation programmes: A systematic review.The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir Kommunikasieafwykings · 2020Pooled it
- Interventions to prevent occupational noise-induced hearing loss.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Occupational noise exposure and hearing: a systematic review.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2016Pooled it
- Interventions to prevent occupational noise-induced hearing loss: a Cochrane systematic review.International journal of audiology · 2014Pooled it
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- Occupational Noise-Induced Hearing Loss in Iran: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Iranian journal of public health · 2023Review
- Role of CASP7 polymorphisms in noise-induced hearing loss risk in Han Chinese population.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- An overview of occupational noise-induced hearing loss among workers: epidemiology, pathogenesis, and preventive measures.Environmental health and preventive medicine · 2020Review
- Cohort Profile: The American Manufacturing Cohort (AMC) study.International journal of epidemiology · 2019Article
- Assessment of noise intensity in a dental teaching clinic.BDJ open · 2017Article
- Longitudinal changes in hearing threshold levels of noise-exposed construction workers.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2015Article
- The dose-response relationship between in-ear occupational noise exposure and hearing loss.Occupational and environmental medicine · 2013Article
- Impact of daily noise exposure monitoring on occupational noise exposures in manufacturing workers.International journal of audiology · 2013Article
- Usability of a daily noise exposure monitoring device for industrial workers.The Annals of occupational hygiene · 2012Article
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- Advancing Occupational Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Risk Assessment in the Era of Large-Scale Data.Noise & healthReview
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Abstract
objectivesOccupational noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) is prevalent, yet evidence on the effectiveness of preventive interventions is lacking. The effectiveness of a new technology allowing workers to monitor daily at-ear noise exposure was analysed.
methodsWorkers in the hearing conservation program of an aluminium smelter were recruited because of accelerated rates of hearing loss. The intervention consisted of daily monitoring of at-ear noise exposure and regular feedback on exposures from supervisors. The annual rate of change in high frequency hearing average at 2, 3 and 4 KHz before intervention (2000-2004) and 4 years after intervention (2006-2009) was determined. Annual rates of loss were compared between 78 intervention subjects and 234 controls in other company smelters matched for age, gender and high frequency hearing threshold level in 2005.
resultsIndividuals monitoring daily noise exposure experienced on average no further worsening of high frequency hearing (average rate of hearing change at 2, 3 and 4 KHz = -0.5 dB/year). Matched controls also showed decelerating hearing loss, the difference in rates between the two groups being significant (p < 0.0001). Analysis of a subset of intervention subjects matched to controls for initial rate of hearing loss showed a similar trend but the difference was not statistically significant (p = 0.06).
conclusionMonitoring daily occupational noise exposure inside hearing protection with ongoing administrative feedback apparently reduces the risk of occupational NIHL in industrial workers. Longer follow-up of these workers will help determine the significance of the intervention effect. Intervention studies for the prevention of NIHL need to include appropriate control groups.
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