ArticleThe Annals of occupational hygiene2011
Longitudinal assessment of noise exposure in a cohort of construction workers.
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- Prevalence of hearing loss among noise-exposed U.S. workers within the Construction sector, 2010-2019.Journal of safety research · 2025Article
- Construction Site Noise Exposure Assessment Using Binaural Measurements and Analysis.Safety (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Ambient Stimuli Perpetuate Nighttime Sleep Disturbances in Hospital Patients With TBI.Biological research for nursing · 2021Observational
- Physical and Psychoacoustic Characteristics of Typical Noise on Construction Site: "How Does Noise Impact Construction Workers' Experience?"Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Patterns and trends in OSHA occupational noise exposure measurements from 1979 to 2013.Occupational and environmental medicine · 2019Article
- Imputation of missing values in a large job exposure matrix using hierarchical information.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2018Article
- Comparison of Multiple Measures of Noise Exposure in Paper Mills.The Annals of occupational hygiene · 2016Article
- Pilot study of methods and equipment for in-home noise level measurements.Applied acoustics. Acoustique applique. Angewandte Akustik · 2015Article
- Longitudinal changes in hearing threshold levels of noise-exposed construction workers.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2015Article
- Methods for evaluating temporal trends in noise exposure.International journal of audiology · 2014Article
- 10-Year prospective study of noise exposure and hearing damage among construction workers.Occupational and environmental medicine · 2012Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo address questions surrounding noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) from variable noise, we have been evaluating noise exposures and changes in hearing in a prospective cohort of construction workers (representing eight trades) and controls. In this paper, we develop and explore several long-term exposure estimates for cohort members.
methodsWe followed cohort members between 1999 and 2009 and interviewed them approximately annually to obtain a detailed work history for the previous subject-interval while also collecting tests of hearing sensitivity. Over the same period, we also collected a sample of full-shift average noise measurements and activity information. We used data from these two sources to develop various exposure estimates for each subject for specific subject intervals and for the duration of the study. These estimates included work duration, trade-mean (TM)-equivalent continuous exposure level (L(EQ)), task-based (TB) L(EQ), a hybrid L(EQ) combining TB and subjective information, and an estimate of noise exposure 'peakiness'.
resultsOf the 456 subjects enrolled in the study, 333 had at least 2 interviews and met several inclusion criteria related to hearing sensitivity. Depending on the metric used, between one-third and three-quarters of 1310 measured full-shift noise exposures exceeded permissible and recommended exposure limits. Hybrid and TB exposure estimates demonstrated much greater variability than TM estimates. Work duration and estimates of exposure peakiness showed poor agreement with average exposures, suggesting that these metrics evaluate different aspects of exposure and may have different predictive value for estimating NIHL.
conclusionsConstruction workers in the cohort had subject-interval and study-average exposures which present a substantial potential risk of NIHL. In a subsequent paper, we will use these estimates to evaluate the exposure-response relationship between noise and NIHL.
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