Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced - Prevention & control
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Intentional exposure to loud music: the second MTV.com survey reveals an opportunity to educate.

29 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVES: Music-induced hearing loss (MIHL), an unconsciously self-inflicted public health concern, could evolve into an epidemic because of the appeal of loud music. After media attention about a previous hearing-loss survey with Music Television ... Read more...

What makes a successful hearing conservation program?

30 Jul 2009 Although preventable, hearing impairment is one of the most prevalent disabilities in Western societies. In the United States, approximately 30 million individuals are at risk for noise-induced hearing loss and 22 million individuals between the ... Read more...

Interventions to prevent occupational noise induced hearing loss.

6 Jul 2009 BACKGROUND: Millions of workers worldwide are exposed to noise levels that increase their risk of hearing impairment. Little is known about the effectiveness of hearing loss prevention interventions. OBJECTIVES: To assess the effectiveness of ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced - Prevention & control'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Intentional exposure to loud music: the second MTV.com survey reveals an opportunity to educate. 29 Sep 2009
• What makes a successful hearing conservation program? 30 Jul 2009
• Interventions to prevent occupational noise induced hearing loss. 6 Jul 2009
• Assessment of noise exposure in a hospital kitchen. 29 Jun 2009
• Ameliorative effects of an augmented acoustic environment on age-related hearing loss in middle-aged Fischer 344/NHsd rats. 29 Jun 2009
• Impulse noise: theoretical solutions to the quandary of cochlear protection. 30 May 2009
• [Workplace health management and noise-induced hearing loss in Saitama Prefecture: problems and corrective action] 30 May 2009
• Intratympanic administration of methylprednisolone reduces impact of experimental intensive impulse noise trauma on hearing. 30 May 2009
• Adolescents and MP3 players: too many risks, too few precautions. 30 May 2009
• [Prevention and management of acoustic traumas] 18 May 2009
• Strategies for the prevention of MP3-induced hearing loss among adolescents: expert opinions from a Delphi study. 29 Apr 2009
• A national project to evaluate and reduce high sound pressure levels from music. 30 Mar 2009
• An experimental comparative study of dexamethasone, melatonin and tacrolimus in noise-induced hearing loss. 30 Mar 2009
• Too late smart: farmers' adoption of self-protective behaviors in response to exposure to hazardous noise. 27 Feb 2009
• Coping with the NRR change. 27 Feb 2009
• Ensuring effective HCPs. 27 Feb 2009
• Otoacoustic detection of risk of early hearing loss in ears with normal audiograms: a 3-year follow-up study. 24 Feb 2009
• The effects of acoustic environment after traumatic noise exposure on hearing and outer hair cells. 9 Feb 2009
• Strategic and tactical thinking in the hearing conservation mindset: a military perspective. 30 Dec 2008
• The hearing conservation amendment: 25 years later. 30 Dec 2008

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Technical information about 'Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced'

Definition: Hearing loss due to exposure to explosive loud noise or chronic exposure to sound level greater than 85 dB. The hearing loss is often in the frequency range 4000-6000 hertz.

Descriptor UI: D006317

Alternative terms: Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced; Hearing Loss, Noise Induced; Noise-Induced Hearing Loss; Acoustic Trauma;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C09.218.458.341.887.460; C10.597.751.418.341.887.460; C23.888.592.763.393.341.887.460;

Online Note: use HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED to search ACOUSTIC TRAUMA 1966-78

History Note: 79; was ACOUSTIC TRAUMA 1963-78