Distortion-product otoacoustic emissions in workers exposed to urban stressors
| Autor: | Angela Sancini, Maria Valeria Rosati, Giancarlo Altissimi, Francesco Tomei, B Loreti, Serafino Ricci, Andrea Bernardini, B. Scala, C Sacco, Teodorico Casale, Alessandra Di Marzio, Giancarlo Cianfrone, Gianfranco Tomei |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Male noise medicine.medical_specialty Distortion product Urban Population Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Otoacoustic Emissions Spontaneous Rome Outdoor workers Audiology Toxicology pure-tone audiometric 01 natural sciences 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine 0103 physical sciences otorhinolaryngologic diseases Medicine Humans Distorion product otoacoustic emissions stressors urban pollution 030223 otorhinolaryngology 010301 acoustics General Environmental Science medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Stressor Significant difference Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Police Noise Transportation Noise Occupational Audiometry Pure-Tone Female sense organs Audiometry business |
| Zdroj: | Archives of environmentaloccupational health. 73(3) |
| ISSN: | 2154-4700 |
| Popis: | The study aimed to compare the distortion-product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs) with the pure-tone audiometry and to analyze the changes in participants exposed to noise. The results show a prevalence of participants with impaired DPOAEs higher than the prevalence of participants with impaired audiometries in the total sample, in men, and in outdoor workers and a prevalence of impaired DPOAEs and of impaired audiometries in men higher than in women and in outdoor workers higher than in indoor workers. The comparison of mean values between outdoor and indoor workers shows a significant difference only on some frequencies, in the DP-gram. The results suggest a higher effectiveness of DPOAEs compared with the pure-tone audiometry in identifying the presence of any damage in individuals exposed to noise at an early stage. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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