ArticleInternational journal of audiology2015
Does tinnitus, hearing asymmetry, or hearing loss predispose to occupational injury risk?
Article in International journal of audiology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Auditory Changes in Occupational Health Associated With Metabolic Diseases in Adult Workers.American journal of lifestyle medicine · 2024Article
- Seasickness among Icelandic seamen.PloS one · 2022Article
- Noise-induced hearing loss and its prevention: Integration of data from animal models and human clinical trials.The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 2019Review
- Stress, health, noise exposures, and injuries among electronic waste recycling workers in Ghana.Journal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England) · 2019Article
- Prevalence of Hazardous Occupational Noise Exposure, Hearing Loss, and Hearing Protection Usage Among a Representative Sample of Working Canadians.Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2017Article
- Characteristics of Workplace Injuries among Nineteen Thousand Korean Firefighters.Journal of Korean medical science · 2016Article
- Tinnitus and hearing survey: cultural adaptation to Brazilian Portuguese.Brazilian journal of otorhinolaryngologyArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo determine the relative contributions of tinnitus, asymmetrical hearing loss, low frequency hearing loss (pure tone average of 0.5, 1, 2, 3 kHz; PTA.5123), or high frequency hearing loss (pure tone average of 4, 6 kHz; PTA46), to acute injury risk among a cohort of production and maintenance workers at six aluminum manufacturing plants, adjusting for ambient noise exposure and other recognized predictors of injury risk.
designRetrospective analysis. STUDY SAMPLE: The study considered 9920 workers employed during 2003 to 2008. The cohort consisted of 8818 workers (89%) whose complete records were available.
resultsAdjusting for noise exposure and other recognized injury predictors, a 25% increased acute injury risk was observed among workers with a history of tinnitus in conjunction with high-frequency hearing loss (PTA46). Low frequency hearing loss may be associated with minor, yet less serious, injury risk. We did not find evidence that asymmetry contributes to injury risk.
conclusionThese results provide evidence that tinnitus, combined with high-frequency hearing loss, may pose an important safety threat to workers, especially those who work in high-noise exposed environments. These at risk workers may require careful examination of their communication and hearing protection needs.
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