Assessing Occupational Hearing Loss: Beyond Noise Exposures

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• Personal Author:
  Morata, Thais C.
• Description:
  In recent years, findings that exposure to industrial chemicals may affect hearing and interact with noise brought to light a risk that had not been given substantial attention previously. The need for research becomes clear when the magnitude of the population of workers exposed to noise and chemicals and the number of potentially hazardous chemicals found in work environments are taken into consideration. The need for research is this area is further heightened by the fact that there are no guidelines or standards for combined exposures of chemical and physical agents. The present paper reviews the effects of combined exposures to chemicals and noise on hearing and examines study designs, hearing assessment alternatives, and strategies for the analysis of combined effects. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Hearing Hearing Loss Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced Noise Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Solvents Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Hearing Chemicals Combined Exposures Hearing-loss Interaction Noise Noise-exposure Noise-induced-hearing-loss Occupational-exposure Risk-analysis Risk-factors Study Designs Work-environment Worker-health

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• ISSN:
  0107-8593
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DBBS - Division of Biomedical and Behavioral Sciences
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  111-116
• Volume:
  27
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20025512
• Citation:
  Scand Audiol Suppl 1998 Jan; 27(Suppl 48):111-116
• Email:
  thais.morata@niwl.se
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1998
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Scandinavian Audiology Supplement
• Supplement:
  48
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:cde1b8a0fc0fdb5052792203017b2c1bbba1414a53316ced3fdfce2ef38f41d8dd014374c3ef81b5175b18b6fd0195baf60b7289fc98e54660dd42dcda7c36c0
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/196843/cdc_196843_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.30 MB ]