Noise-Induced Hearing Loss in the Campus

Rota-Donahue, Christine; Levey, Samuel

doi:10.1097/01.hj.0000484551.28667.81

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“…Hearing loss often progresses for years before being self-perceived or diagnosed ( 13 , 14 ). Talking to one’s personal health care provider about hearing loss symptoms, tests, and ways to protect hearing, might support early diagnosis and access to hearing rehabilitation if needed.…”

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Vital Signs: Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Among Adults — United States 2011–2012

Carroll¹,

Eichwald²,

Scinicariello³

et al. 2017

MMWR Morb. Mortal. Wkly. Rep.

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IntroductionThe 2016 National Academies of Sciences report “Hearing Health Care for Adults: Priorities for Improving Access and Affordability” included a call to action for government agencies to strengthen efforts to collect, analyze, and disseminate population-based data on hearing loss in adults.MethodsCDC analyzed the most recent available data collected both by questionnaire and audiometric tests of adult participants aged 20–69 years in the 2011–2012 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) to determine the presence of audiometric notches indicative of noise-induced hearing loss. Prevalence of both unilateral and bilateral audiometric notches and their association with sociodemographics and self-reported exposure to loud noise were calculated.ResultsNearly one in four adults (24%) had audiometric notches, suggesting a high prevalence of noise-induced hearing loss. The prevalence of notches was higher among males. Almost one in four U.S. adults who reported excellent or good hearing had audiometric notches (5.5% bilateral and 18.0% unilateral). Among participants who reported exposure to loud noise at work, almost one third had a notch.Conclusions and Implications for Public Health PracticeNoise-induced hearing loss is a significant, often unrecognized health problem among U.S. adults. Discussions between patients and personal health care providers about hearing loss symptoms, tests, and ways to protect hearing might help with early diagnosis of hearing loss and provide opportunities to prevent harmful noise exposures. Avoiding prolonged exposure to loud environments and using personal hearing protection devices can prevent noise-induced hearing loss.

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Vital Signs: Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Among Adults — United States 2011–2012

Carroll¹,

Eichwald²,

Scinicariello³

et al. 2017

MMWR Morb. Mortal. Wkly. Rep.

137

104

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“…here has been a continuing concern that high levels of amplification associated with many concert venues and personal music players may lead to an increased incidence of hearing loss among university-aged young adults (Le Prell, Hensley, Campbell, Hall, & Guire, 2011;Rota-Donahue & Levey, 2016;Shargodsky, Curhan, Curhan, & Eavey, 2010). When Le Prell et al tested the hearing of university students who had expressed the belief in a prestudy telephone interview that they had normal hearing, they found a number of students who, in fact, had some degree of hearing loss (Le Prellet al, 2011; see also Widén, Holmes, Johnson, Bohlin, & Erlandsson, 2009).…”

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Variations Within Normal Hearing Acuity and Speech Comprehension: An Exploratory Study

2019

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Purpose Many young adults with a mild hearing loss can appear unaware or unconcerned about their loss or its potential effects. A question that has not been raised in prior research is whether slight variability, even within the range of clinically normal hearing, may have a detrimental effect on comprehension of spoken sentences, especially when attempting to understand the meaning of sentences that offer an additional cognitive challenge. The purpose of this study was to address this question. Method An exploratory analysis was conducted on data from 3 published studies that included young adults, ages 18 to 29 years, with audiometrically normal hearing acuity (pure-tone average < 15 dB HL) tested for comprehension of sentences that conveyed the sentence meaning with simpler or more complex linguistic structures. A product–moment correlation was conducted between individuals' hearing acuity and their comprehension accuracy. Results A significant correlation appeared between hearing acuity and comprehension accuracy for syntactically complex sentences, but not for sentences with a simpler syntactic structure. Partial correlations confirmed this relationship to hold independent of participant age within this relatively narrow age range. Conclusion These findings suggest that slight elevations in hearing thresholds, even among young adults who pass a screen for normal hearing, can affect comprehension accuracy for spoken sentences when combined with cognitive demands imposed by sentences that convey their meaning with a complex linguistic structure. These findings support limited resource models of attentional allocation and argue for routine baseline hearing evaluations of young adults with current age-normal hearing acuity.

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“…These efforts continue to date. Further efforts consisted of the hearing assessment of college-aged students [36]. Findings were that half of these students had sustained NIHL.…”

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Collaborative Approaches to the Support of People with Disabilities: The Underserved and Unserved

Cheng

Levey

2019

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Background: Underserved and unserved people are individuals who lack necessary health services. They can be found in both high- and low-income countries with disabilities in areas such as speech, language, hearing, swallowing, physical, and neurological, as well as other health problems. In addition, academic programs that prepare students to serve underserved or unserved communities do not exist in some countries. Collaborative projects allow those with expertise to share their knowledge, strategies, methods, and technologies with health practitioners, administrators, educators, students, and families. The goal is to assist populations who require special services. Collaborative projects can be interdisciplinary, international, or involve academic institutions or organizations. It is also essential that collaboration projects consider the strengths and assets that are present in the environment and in the population. This asset-based approach supports sustainability as long-term solutions can take advantage of existing strengths. Sustainability is essential so that the goals of projects can continue to contribute to a population. Objectives: The primary objective of this article is to present collaborative projects that positively impact underserved and unserved populations. The strengths of these projects are also presented as a model for further work. Summary: This article presents several collaborative projects, along with the impact of these efforts.

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Noise-Induced Hearing Loss in the Campus

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Vital Signs: Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Among Adults — United States 2011–2012

Vital Signs: Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Among Adults — United States 2011–2012

Variations Within Normal Hearing Acuity and Speech Comprehension: An Exploratory Study

Collaborative Approaches to the Support of People with Disabilities: The Underserved and Unserved

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