introduction: hearing loss is one of the most disabling impairments. using a hearing aid as an attempt to improve the hearing problem can positively affect the quality of life for these people. this research was aimed to assess satisfaction of hearing impaired patients with their hearing aids regarding the employed technology and style.   materials and methods: this descriptive-analytic cross-s...

BACKGROUND Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) is a major preventable occupational health problem with 250 million people worldwide known to have disabling impairment of moderate to greater severity. The aims of the study are to estimate the prevalence of NIHL in the police force; and study its association with age, sex, duration of service (years), smoking and alcohol habits, use of hearing prot...

INTRODUCTION Noise pollution in urban cities is a serious problem and steadily increasing over the years. This has direct and indirect affect to the people that can lead to the health hazard. OBJECTIVES To find out environmental noise induced health effect on people residing in an urban community and to predict the risk of the environmental noise induced hearing loss. MATERIAL AND METHODS O...

Noise and noise induced hearing loss (NIHL) in the workplace is a serious issue. Not only can it affect hearing, also ability to work safely. This because noises make difficult hear instructions or safety warnings. Mine workers each have responsibility for relation noise. paper informs underground surface mine operators recognise, manage control risks associated with occupational exposure. It e...

Hearing loss is the second most common disability awarded by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to former members of the U.S. uniformed services. Hearing readiness and conservation practices differ among the four largest uniformed military services (Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, and Navy). Utilizing a data set consisting of all hearing loss claims submitted to the VA from fiscal year...

hearing loss (hl) is the most common sensory defect. various genetic as well as environmental factors have been shown to contribute in it. more than 100 loci have been recognized to cause autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss (arnshl). here, we report a 6-year old female patient with bilateral pre-lingual hl in whom a mutation has been identified in triobp gene (c.6362c>t, s2121l). in s...

BACKGROUND Age and exposure to noise are among the factors that may cause hearing loss in adults. Both of these factors are considered additives once their combined effects can cause damage to the hair cells of the organ of Corti. AIM To verify whether the exposure to occupational noise is an important risk factor for hearing disorders in adults with ages between 50 to 70 years, besides the a...

OBJECTIVES Most workers in auto part factories in Thailand are usually exposed to excessive noise in their workplace. This study aimed to assess the level of occupational noise-induced hearing loss and investigate risk factors causing hearing loss in auto part factory workers in the welding units in Thailand. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study. One hundred eighty subjects were recruited...

Citation: Lange JH, Condello AV (2017) Ototoxicity in the Occupational Environment: A Neurological Problem. J Headache Pain Manag. Vol. 2 No. 2 : 9. Historically, hearing loss was associated with “high” noise levels, particularly over a long period of time. Difficulty in hearing is a major medical condition impacting millions of people worldwide. In the United States, noise induced hearing loss...