Over the past four decades, there has been increasing interest in the effects of music listening on hearing. The purpose of this paper is to review published studies that detail the noise levels, the potential effects (e.g. noise-induced hearing loss), and the perceptions of those affected by music exposure in occupational and non-occupational settings. The review employed Medline, PubMed, Psyc...

Algorithm development and transformation: Experts in nursing informatics and occupational health nursing created algorithms based on definitions of Omaha System ratings and existing clinical and research data from firefighters were transformed using the algorithms. • Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) : One of most prevalent occupational injuries. • There are limited data on hearing ability of w...

introduction: children learn to communicate by hearing sounds. if there is hearing loss, the cognitive and speaking abilities and language learning will deteriorate. early detection and intervention are important factors in the successful treatment of hearing loss in children. hearing loss (hl) is divided into two main groups: conductive hearing loss (chl) and sensorineural hearing loss (snhl),...

PURPOSE Noise exposure is an important and highly prevalent occupational hazard in the construction industry. This study examines hearing threshold levels of a large population of Dutch construction workers and compares their hearing thresholds to those predicted by ISO-1999. METHODS In this retrospective study, medical records of periodic occupational health examinations of 29,644 constructi...

INTRODUCTION  Noise exposure is one of the most common health risk factors, and workers are exposed to sound pressure levels capable of producing hearing loss. AIM  To assess the prevalence of hearing loss in the elderly and its possible association with a history of occupational noise exposure and with sex. METHODS  A prospective study in subjects aged over 60 years. The subjects underwent...

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to compare hearing loss in individuals at risk and those not at risk for occupational noise and to compare working loss by gender. MATERIALS AND METHODS The analysis used data from a current Czech Ministry of Health grant project called Epidemiological and Genetic Study of the Frequency of Hearing Loss (2011 to 2015; NT12246-5/2011). The analyzed sample comprised 49...

This investigation sought to establish the prevalence of hearing loss and hearing handicap in a population of 232 recreational firearm users. Hearing handicap was calculated based on four methods using pure-tone threshold data from the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Hea...

Exposure of workers to mixtures of organic solvents and to occupational noise is frequent in a number of industries. Recent studies suggest that exposure to both can cause a more severe hearing loss than exposure to noise alone. Our cross-sectional study included 411 workers of a large automobile plant divided in three groups. The first group included assembly workers exposed to noise alone; th...