Associations of Occupational Noise Exposure with Hearing-Related Functional Difficulty and Menstrual Abnormalities Among Female Workers - Selected Regions, China, 2024-2025.

Peng Zhou, Wei Li, Changyan Yu, Hengdong Zhang, Meibian Zhang, Lei Han

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Peng Zhou *Occupational Disease Monitoring and Evaluation Institute, Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Jiangsu Provincial Academy of Preventive Medicine), Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, China.

Wei Li *Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, China.

Changyan YuNational Institute for Occupational Health and Poison Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention & Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine, Beijing, China.

Hengdong ZhangOccupational Disease Monitoring and Evaluation Institute, Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Jiangsu Provincial Academy of Preventive Medicine), Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, China.

Meibian ZhangNational Institute for Occupational Health and Poison Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention & Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine, Beijing, China.

Lei HanOccupational Disease Monitoring and Evaluation Institute, Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Jiangsu Provincial Academy of Preventive Medicine), Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, China.

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Abstract

What is already known about this topic?: Occupational noise exposure is a well-established risk factor for adverse auditory outcomes. Emerging evidence suggests it may also affect women's reproductive health. What is added by this report?: Among 1,538 female workers, high occupational noise exposure was associated with hearing-related functional difficulty [adjusted odds ratio a What are the implications for public health practice?: Occupational noise management for female workers should consider hearing and menstrual health effects, with greater attention to female reproductive health in risk assessments and surveillance.

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hearing-related functional difficultymenstrual abnormalitiesnoise annoyanceoccupational noise

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PMID42179800

DOI10.46234/ccdcw2026.093

PMCPMC13191164

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