Prevalence of Noise Induced Hearing Loss in Indian Air Force Personnel

Nair, Sachin S; Kashyap, RC

doi:10.1016/s0377-1237(09)80015-4

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“…Kuronen et al (6), in the study among Finnish military pilots, also found significant differences among the groups formed according to the flight hours (200-10000 hours) at 1, 2, and 4 KHz frequencies. Similarly Nair et al (8), in the study they conducted on the Indian Military Forces, also obtained significant results at all frequencies when they evaluated the relationship between flight hours and hearing loss. In our study, in accordance with the literature when flight hours were considered, statistically significant differences among the groups were detected at all frequencies observed between 1-8 KHz.…”

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“…Nair et al (8), in the study conducted on 1000 personnel in the Indian Military Forces, obtained significant results at all frequencies when they evaluated the relationship between age and hearing loss. Kuronen et al (6), in the study among Finnish military pilots, found the hearing loss level to be 60 dB.…”

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“…Lindgren and Wieslander (5) have found the impact of smoking on hearing loss not different from the normal population not having noise exposure. Nair et al (8) detected the impact of smoking on hearing loss as significant. Ren et al (11) and Shargorodsky et al (12) in their studies could not detect a significant relationship between smoking and hearing loss.…”

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“…Hearing loss that may develop in pilots has been examined for different aircraft types and populations in literature studies (5)(6)(7)(8).…”

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Evaluation of Hearing Loss in Pilots

Atalay

Babakurban

Aydın

2016

Turk Arch Otorhinolaryngol

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Objective: High-intensity noise sources with an increase in air traffic and sudden changes in atmospheric pressure can cause hearing loss in pilots. The main goal of this research is to examine hearing loss due to age, the total flight hours and aircraft types and to evaluate the effects of personal conditions that can influence the hearing level. Methods:We examined the data of 234 Turkish pilots aged between 25 and 54 years who were examined due to the aviation Law for annual control from January 2005 to January 2014 at Başkent University Medical Faculty, Ankara Hospital. The audiometric results of the pilots were used. While 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8 KHz were used for the airway threshold, 1, 2, and 4 KHz were used for the bone conduction threshold.Results: According to the data of the 234 pilots, there was a significant correlation between high-frequency hearing loss and the total flight hours and pilots' ages. The average hearing loss was higher, particularly in the left ear, in pilots using helicopters than in those using other aircraft types. There was no statistically significant correlation between hearing loss and diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, high blood pressure, anemia, obesity, and smoking.Conclusion: A significant cor relation was observed between high frequency hearing loss and the total flight hours, pilots' age, and aircraft types in our study. Keywords

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“…Hearing loss that may develop in pilots has been examined for different aircraft types and populations in literature studies (5)(6)(7)(8).…”

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Evaluation of Hearing Loss in Pilots

Atalay

Babakurban

Aydın

2016

Turk Arch Otorhinolaryngol

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“…El personal en funciones de vuelo y militares reciben frecuencias de ruidos que los ubican como grupo de riesgo para desarrollar daño acústico [1,5,6,8].…”

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Estudio Transversal: Hipoacusia Laboral Inducida por Ruido en Personal de Aeronáutica del Ejército Ecuatoriano y Factores Asociados. Quito – Ecuador, 2014 - 2016

Ayora

Pesantez.

2017

Rev. Méd. HJCA

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116 RESUMEN INTRODUCCIÓN:La hipoacusia laboral inducida por ruido es una patología ocupacional frecuente, responsable de pérdidas de la audición sino se controla a tiempo. El objetivo del estudio fue establecer la prevalencia de hipoacusia laboral inducida por ruido y factores relacionados en el personal de aeronáutica del ejército. MÉTODOS:Estudio transversal analítico en el personal tripulación del ejército ecuatoriano, QuitoEcuador, período 2014 -2016 que relacionó asociación causal entre hipoacusia laboral inducida por ruido con variables como edad, función, rango, antecedentes de hipoacusia en el servicio militar. Se trabajó con todo el personal de vuelo, 112 militares en servicio activo. RESULTADOS:El promedio de edad fue de 37 años. Todos eran varones. El 55.4 % pertenecía a tropa y 44. 6 % eran oficiales. El 44.6 % eran pilotos; 28.6 % mecánicos y 26.8 % ingenieros de vuelo. La prevalencia de hipoacusia general fue del 35.6 %; la de hipoacusia unilateral fue del 19.6 % y de la bilateral del 16 %. La frecuencia de antecedentes de hipoacusia laboral asociada a ruido en la aeronáutica fue del 60.7 %. La prevalencia de hipoacusia leve fue del 17.8 %; moderada con 6.7 % y severa con 1.35 %. Las variables asociadas a hipoacusia laboral inducida por ruido en el personal militar en funciones de vuelo fueron: la edad, el rango, la función y antecedentes de hipoacusia. El oído izquierdo suele afectarse más que el derecho. La hipoacusia bilateral más frecuente fue la leve derecha con agudeza normal izquierda (10.7 %). CONCLUSIONES:La hipoacusia laboral inducida por ruido es multifactorial y puede ser reversible si se detiene el causal o si se llevan a cabo medidas de protección adecuadas. El nivel de hipoacusia en el personal militar de vuelo tiene asociación con: la edad, el rango, la función y los antecedentes de hipoacusia laboral en funciones de vuelo. Quito -Ecuador, between 2014 and 2016, which *DESCRIPTORES ABSTRACT CROSS-SECTIONAL RESEARCH: Noise-induced Occupational Hypoacusis in Aeronautical Personnel of the Ecuadorian Army and Associated Factors. Quito -Ecuador, 2014 -2016 BACKGROUND: Hearing loss is induced by noise in job and is a frequent illness, responsible of hearing loss if it is not controlled on time. The aim of this study is establish the prevalence of hearing loss and related factors in army aviation personnel. METHODS: An analytical cross -sectional study of the Ecuadorian army crew,

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Interventions to prevent occupational noise-induced hearing loss

Verbeek

Kateman²,

Morata

et al. 2012

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

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There is low quality evidence that implementation of stricter legislation can reduce noise levels in workplaces. Even though case studies show that substantial reductions in noise levels in the workplace can be achieved, there are no controlled studies of the effectiveness of such measures. The effectiveness of hearing protection devices depends on training and their proper use. There is very low quality evidence that the better use of hearing protection devices as part of HLPPs reduces the risk of hearing loss, whereas for other programme components of HLPPs we did not find such an effect. Better implementation and reinforcement of HLPPs is needed. Better evaluations of technical interventions and long-term effects are needed.

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Prevalence of Noise Induced Hearing Loss in Indian Air Force Personnel

Cited by 29 publications

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Evaluation of Hearing Loss in Pilots

Evaluation of Hearing Loss in Pilots

Estudio Transversal: Hipoacusia Laboral Inducida por Ruido en Personal de Aeronáutica del Ejército Ecuatoriano y Factores Asociados. Quito – Ecuador, 2014 - 2016

Interventions to prevent occupational noise-induced hearing loss

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