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Hearing Difficulties and Tinnitus in Construction, Agricultural, Music, and Finance Industries: Contributions of Demographic, Health, and Lifestyle Factors.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Auditory Symptoms Among Musicians: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery · 2026Pooled it
- Noise-induced hearing loss in farmworkers: a scoping review.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Construction Site Noise Exposure Assessment Using Binaural Measurements and Analysis.Safety (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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- Noise Exposure in Palestinian Workers Without a Diagnosis of Hearing Impairment: Relations to Speech-Perception-in-Noise Difficulties, Tinnitus, and Hyperacusis.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2023Article
- Prediction Models for Tinnitus Presence and the Impact of Tinnitus on Daily Life: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- The association between stress, emotional states, and tinnitus: a mini-review.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2023Review
- The Risk of Hearing Impairment From Ambient Air Pollution and the Moderating Effect of a Healthy Diet: Findings From the United Kingdom Biobank.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2022Article
- Medical phenome of musicians: an investigation of health records collected on 9803 musically active individuals.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2021Article
- Surrounded by Sound: The Impact of Tinnitus on Musicians.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- ManCAD100: 100 Years of Audiology and Deaf Education at Manchester.Trends in hearingArticle
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Abstract
High levels of occupational noise exposure increase the risk of hearing difficulties and tinnitus. However, differences in demographic, health, and lifestyle factors could also contribute to high levels of hearing difficulties and tinnitus in some industries. Data from a subsample (n = 22,936) of the U.K. Biobank were analyzed to determine to what extent differences in levels of hearing difficulties and tinnitus in high-risk industries (construction, agricultural, and music) compared with low-risk industries (finance) could be attributable to demographic, health, and lifestyle factors, rather than occupational noise exposure. Hearing difficulties were identified using a digits-in-noise speech recognition test. Tinnitus was identified based on self-report. Logistic regression analyses showed that occupational noise exposure partially accounted for higher levels of hearing difficulties in the agricultural industry compared with finance, and occupational noise exposure, older age, low socioeconomic status, and non-White ethnic background partially accounted for higher levels of hearing difficulties in the construction industry. However, the factors assessed in the model did not fully account for the increased likelihood of hearing difficulties in high-risk industries, suggesting that there are additional unknown factors which impact on hearing or that there was insufficient measurement of factors included in the model. The levels of tinnitus were greatest for music and construction industries compared with finance, and these differences were accounted for by occupational and music noise exposure, as well as older age. These findings emphasize the need to promote hearing conservation in occupational and music settings, with a particular focus on high-risk demographic subgroups.
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