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ArticleInternational archives of otorhinolaryngology2014

Auditory effects of exposure to noise and solvents: a comparative study.

Diolen Conceição Barros Lobato, Adriana Bender Moreira De Lacerda, Cláudia Giglio De Oliveira Gonçalves, Herton Coifman

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Article in International archives of otorhinolaryngology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. 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 · 2019
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  4. Hearing Impairment in French Merchant Seafarers: Retrospective Study on Data from 8308 Audiometric Tests.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Diolen Conceição Barros LobatoDepartment of Audiology, Universidade Tuiuti do Paraná; Universidade da Amazônia, Belém, PA, Brazil.
Adriana Bender Moreira De LacerdaDepartment of Comunication Disorders, Universidade Tuiuti do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
Cláudia Giglio De Oliveira GonçalvesDepartment of Comunication Disorders, Universidade Tuiuti do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
Herton CoifmanDepartament of Otorhinolaryngology, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
Universidade Tuiuti do Paraná · BRUniversidade da Amazônia · BRUniversidade Federal do Paraná · BR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction Industry workers are exposed to different environmental risk agents that, when combined, may potentiate risks to hearing. Objective To evaluate the effects of the combined exposure to noise and solvents on hearing in workers. Methods A transversal retrospective cohort study was performed through documentary analysis of an industry. The sample (n = 198) was divided into four groups: the noise group (NG), exposed only to noise; the noise and solvents group (NSG), exposed to noise and solvents; the noise control group and noise and solvents control group (CNS), no exposure. Results The NG showed 16.66% of cases suggestive of bilateral noise-induced hearing loss and NSG showed 5.26%. The NG and NSG had worse thresholds than their respective control groups. Females were less susceptible to noise than males; however, when simultaneously exposed to solvents, hearing was affected in a similar way, resulting in significant differences (p < 0.05). The 40- to 49-year-old age group was significantly worse (p < 0.05) in the auditory thresholds in the NSG compared with the CNS. Conclusion The results observed in this study indicate that simultaneous exposure to noise and solvents can damage the peripheral auditory system.

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audiologyhearing lossnoise-inducedoccupational healthsolvents

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PMID25992079
PMCPMC4296986
OpenAlexW2006141455

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