Prevalence of Noise-Induced Hearing-Threshold Shifts and Hearing Loss Among US Youths

Henderson, Elisabeth; Testa, Marcia A.; Hartnick, Christopher J.

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“…The analysis of risk factors associated with an audiometry examination is suitable for medical studies in diverse populations to better understand risk factors and comorbidities of hearing loss and hearing health care needs [9][10][11]. The Medical university of Bialystok ethics committee approved the study.…”

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Influence of risky and protective behaviors connected with listening to music on hearing loss and the noise induced threshold shift among students of the Medical University of Bialystok

Modzelewska¹,

Samluk²,

Wałejko³

et al. 2017

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Background. currently, significant changes have occurred in the character of sound exposure, along with the properties of the group affected by it. Thus, primary care physicians have to keep in mind that a sizable group of young adults comprises groups in which the prevalence of hearing loss is increasing. Objectives. The goal of the following study was to determine the auditory ability of the students attending the Medical university in Bialystok and to analyze their risky and protective behaviors relating to music consumption. Material and methods. in total, 230 students (age: 18-26 years) completed a questionnaire about general personal information and their music-listening habits. Thereafter, pure tone audiometry at standard frequencies (0.25 kHz-8 kHz) was performed. Results. Hearing loss was more frequent in subjects who listened to music at higher volumes ('very loud' -22.2%, 'loud' -3.9%, 'not very loud' -2.1%, 'quiet' -9.1%, p = 0.046). Hearing loss was more prevalent among those students who were living in a city with more than 50,000 inhabitants before starting higher education compared to the remaining subjects (7.95% vs. 0.97%, p = 0.025). Conclusions. The study demonstrated that surprisingly few medical students suffer from hearing loss or a noise induced threshold shift. There is no correlation between risky behavior such as a lengthy daily duration of listening to music or the type of headphone used and hearing loss. Hearing screening tests connected with education are indicated in the group of young adults due to the accumulative character of hearing damage. Key words: risky and protective behaviors, listening to music, mp3, hearing loss. Summary ISSN 1734-3402, eISSN 2449-8580This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the creative commons attribution-noncommercial-sharealike 4.0 international (cc By-nc-sa 4.0). license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/). Modzelewska B, samluk a, Wałejko Ł, Muszyński P, szczepańska j, kleszczewska e. influence of risky and protective behaviors connected with listening to music on hearing loss and the noise induced threshold shift among students of the Medical university of Bialystok.

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“…The examination was repeated whenever the threshold was higher than 25 dB to ensure the reliability of the responses [10]. The hearing threshold was marked on the printed audiogram, separately for the left and right ear.…”

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Influence of risky and protective behaviors connected with listening to music on hearing loss and the noise induced threshold shift among students of the Medical University of Bialystok

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Samluk²,

Wałejko³

et al. 2017

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“…NIHL was characterized by high-frequency hearing loss followed by gradual loss of low-frequency (16). NIHL is permanent irreversible damage and there are no effective treatments currently.…”

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Prevalence of hypertension and noise-induced hearing loss in Chinese coal miners

Liu

Ding

et al. 2016

J. Thorac. Dis.

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Background: Owing to inconsistent epidemiologic evidence and the presence of confounding factors, the relation between occupational noise exposure and hypertension still remained unclear. We aimed to assess whether Chinese coal miners were at risk of developing hypertension and noise induced hearing loss (NIHL), and whether occupational noise exposure was a risk factor of hypertension. Methods: A questionnaire was designed to collect information from 738 study participants, all of whom were employees from the Datun Xuzhou Coal Company. The participants were divided into a noise-exposed group and a control group based on the noise level to which they were exposed in the workplace. The differences in the mean of systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) were compared between the noise-exposed and control groups. Also the prevalence and age-adjusted odds ratio (OR) [95% confidence intervals (CIs)] of audiometric deficit and hypertension was compared in the study. Binary logistic regression was used to assess the relation between occupational noise level and hypertension while controlling for potential confounding factors. Results: Hypertension was more prevalent in noise-exposed group than the control group, 29.2% vs. 21.2% (P=0.012).The noise-exposed group faced an increased risk of hypertension (age-adjusted OR =1.52, 95% CI =1.07-2.15) when the control group was used as reference. The mean values of SBP and DBP of the noise-exposed groups were significantly higher than the control group (P=0.006 and P=0.002 respectively).Hearing loss at low frequencies was significantly more prevalent in the noise-exposed group than the control group, 12.8% vs. 7.4% (P=0.015), while the noise-exposed group faced the increased risk of hearing loss at low frequencies (age-adjusted OR =1.81, 95% CI =1.10-2.96). L EX, 8h (OR =1.036, 95% CI =1.012-1.060) was an independent risk of hypertension when controlling for potential confounding factors. Conclusions: We found that the occupational noise had an effect on the hypertension and hearing loss of Chinese coal miners. And the occupational noise was an independent risk factor for hypertension and could increase the values of SBP and DBP.

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“…With increasing hearing loss, a spread towards the lower frequency regions and 8 kHz will be observed as well (Coles et al, 2000;Niskar et al, 2001;Shargorodsky et al, 2010;Henderson et al, 2011). In this regard, speech intelligibility in quiet, which is related primarily to pure-tone thresholds at 0.5, 1, and 2 kHz, will be unaffected in early NIHL (Glasberg & Moore, 1989;Smoorenburg, 1992;Da Costa, 2001).…”

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Exploring the sensitivity of speech-in-noise tests for noise-induced hearing loss

Jansen

Luts

Dejonckere

et al. 2013

International Journal of Audiology

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Objective: Recently, the Digit Triplet test was shown to be a sensitive speech-in-noise test for early high-frequency hearing loss in noise-exposed workers. This study investigates if a further improvement is achieved when using a closed set of consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) speech items with the same vowel, and/or a low-pass (LP) filtered version of the standard speech-shaped noise.Design: Speech reception thresholds in noise were gathered for the Digit Triplet, CVC, and CVC_LP test and compared to the high-frequency pure-tone average (PTA). Study sample: 118 noiseexposed workers showing a wide range of high-frequency hearing losses. Results: For the 84 Dutchspeaking participants, the CVC test showed an increased measurement error and a decreased between-subject variation, leading to a weaker correlation with the PTA 2,3,4,6 (R=0.64) and thus a lower sensitivity compared to the Digit Triplet test (R=0.86). However, the use of LP-filtered noise resulted in a sensitivity improvement (R=0.79 versus R=0.64) due to the large increase in betweensubject spread. Similar trends were found for the 34 French-speaking workers. Conclusions: Using CVC words with the same vowel could not increase the sensitivity to detect isolated high-frequency hearing loss. With LP-filtered noise, test sensitivity improved, but it did not surpass the original Digit Triplet test.

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Prevalence of Noise-Induced Hearing-Threshold Shifts and Hearing Loss Among US Youths

Abstract: Increased exposure to recreational noise and minimal use of hearing protection might have lead to an increase in NITS prevalence among female youths.

Cited by 196 publications

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Influence of risky and protective behaviors connected with listening to music on hearing loss and the noise induced threshold shift among students of the Medical University of Bialystok

Influence of risky and protective behaviors connected with listening to music on hearing loss and the noise induced threshold shift among students of the Medical University of Bialystok

Prevalence of hypertension and noise-induced hearing loss in Chinese coal miners

Exploring the sensitivity of speech-in-noise tests for noise-induced hearing loss

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