Persistent Post-9/11 Hearing Problems Among World Trade Center Health Registry Rescue and Recovery Workers, 2001 to 2007

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• Personal Author:
  Cone, James E. ; Flamme, Gregory A. ; Lee DJ ; Stein CR
• Description:
  Objective: To examine the association between 9/11-related exposures and self-reported hearing problems among 16,579 rescue/recovery workers in the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Registry. Methods: Using Registry Waves 1 (2003 to 2004) and 2 (2006 to 2007), we modeled the association between two metrics of 9/11-related exposures and hearing difficulties. Results: The prevalence of incident, persistent hearing problems was 4.4%. In a fully adjusted model, workers with higher environmental hazards scores were twice as likely (interquartile range OR 2.1; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.8, 2.5) to report hearing problems. Based on the same fully adjusted model, workers unable to hear in the dust cloud were 2.3 (95% CI 1.8, 3.0) times more likely to report hearing problems as compared with workers not in the dust cloud. Conclusions: We observed a consistent association between WTC-related exposures and self-reported hearing problems among rescue/recovery workers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Emergency Responders Environmental Exposure Environmental Pollution Hearing Hearing Loss Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced Noise Noise, Occupational Occupational Health Safety September 11 Terrorist Attacks Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Emergency Responders Environmental Hazards Hearing Loss Models Noise Induced Hearing Loss Rescue Workers Work Environment Workers World Trade Center WTC
• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; New York ; Oregon ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  59
• Issue:
  12
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20050900
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2017 Dec; 59(12):1229-1234
• Contact Point Address:
  Cheryl R. Stein, PhD, World Trade Center Health Registry, Division of Epidemiology, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, 125 Worth Street, New York, NY 10013
• Email:
  cstein@health.nyc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• Performing Organization:
  New York City Health/Mental Hygiene
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20090430
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7a67257443c7af83bb51d24e5c26ea01ffaa3e0b0340bcb7f90c0cbf21c61412e4f82f4133fdeb908892b5fae1229ef750147a02373e7d01020d93384e8fadfa
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/211090/cdc_211090_DS1.pdf
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