Hearing Loss After Exposure to Styrene and Noise: A Pilot Study

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• Personal Author:
  Andersson IM ; Hagerman B ; Johnson AC ; Lindh T ; Morata, Thais C. ; Nylen PR ; Svensson EB
• Description:
  The aim of this pilot study was to investigate the feasibility of an epidemiological study on the effects of occupational exposure to styrene and noise on the auditory system. An audiological test batter, styrene and noise exposure assessment protocols and a questionnaire were evaluated by testing 14 exposed workers and a group of 10 unexposed controls. The questionnaire included questions on work history, non-occupational solvent and noise exposure and medical history. The test batter comprised pur-tone audiometry, immittance audiometry, distortion product otoacoustic emissions, psycho-acoustical modulation transfer function, interrupted sppech, speech recognition in noise, and cortical response audiometry. Exposure assessment included gathering data from interviews and company records, site-measurements for different work tasks and divisions of the company and videotaping using the PIMEX-method. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Environmental Monitoring Epidemiology Hearing Loss Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced Noise Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Sense Organs Styrene Surveys And Questionnaires

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• Keywords:
  Audiological-testing Auditory-system Exposure-assessment Hearing-loss Noise-exposure Noise-induced-hearing-loss Occupational-exposure Questionnaires Styrenes Synergism
• ISBN:
  9781861560759
• Publisher:
  Whurr Publishers Ltd
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Book
• 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:
  280-294
• Volume:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20027880
• Citation:
  Advances in noise research: volume 1, biological effects of noise. Prasher P, Luxon L, eds. Chichester, United Kingdom: Whurr Publishers Ltd, 1998 Jan; 1:280-294
• Editor(s):
  Prasher D; Luxon L
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1998
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Advances in noise research: volume 1, biological effects of noise
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:701762c285792093f7da4091492a0416d42a04d24a72961970819cb4da04bc19bbea5968cf4d3f5ffb2a427d529e8f5518369c4a25c57d4bb4dbc20dca588e33
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/197699/cdc_197699_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.42 MB ]