Prevalence of Middle Ear Disorders in Coal Miners [1981]

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Personal Author:
  Hopkinson, Norma T.
• Description:
  The prevalence of middle and external ear disorders was investigated in underground coal mine workers (SIC-12). Five hundred male subjects received audiograms, Emittance tests, speech discrimination tests, an otolaryngological examination, and completed a detailed questionnaire relating to job history, military service, noise exposure, and medical history. Of the 500 subjects, 350 were underground miners and 150 were nonminers used as comparisons. No difference was seen between the miners and comparison subjects in the prevalence of middle ear disorders, however abraded external auditory canals, impacted cerumen, and cotton in external canals were found among the miners due to improper ear cleaning methods. The authors recommend that ear hygiene practices among mine workers be studied. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Hearing Loss Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced Mining Occupational Health Safety Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; Coal-miners; Health-surveys; Mining-industry; Occupational-medicine; Industrial-hygiene; Ear-examinations; Hearing-disorders
• Source:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 81-101, 1981 Jun; :1-39
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB81101
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Pennsylvania
• 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:
  47 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00115525
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB81-237844
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1981
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  12 - Coal Mining - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4909ec092c6b39265db47f2cdc0a65e9c0e43262d8c2ca0744aa88ace78cb317d4d39b8c6df8a9c6e0b52f08bde87be41b359bb9720a2b7bd651ce16ef5d9456
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/83350/cdc_83350_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 25.94 MB ]