Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced
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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...

Challenges in hearing conservation--the hearing-impaired worker.

30 Jul 2009 Hearing-impaired workers face special challenges in the workplace, including communicating and identifying and using appropriate hearing protection. Copyright 2009, SLACK ... 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...

Latest indexed articles for 'Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced'

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
• Challenges in hearing conservation--the hearing-impaired worker. 30 Jul 2009
• What makes a successful hearing conservation program? 30 Jul 2009
• Asymmetric sensorineural hearing thresholds in the non-noise-exposed UK population: a retrospective analysis. 30 Jul 2009
• Interventions to prevent occupational noise induced hearing loss. 6 Jul 2009
• [The interest of otoacoustic emissions in medical expertises for noise-induced hearing loss] 29 Jun 2009
• Assessment of noise exposure in a hospital kitchen. 29 Jun 2009
• Personal listening devices and hearing loss: seeking evidence of a long term problem through a successful short-term investigation. 29 Jun 2009
• Analysis of gene polymorphisms associated with K ion circulation in the inner ear of patients susceptible and resistant to noise-induced hearing loss. 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
• Noise levels associated with New York City's mass transit systems. 16 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
• Realignment of interaural cortical maps in asymmetric hearing loss. 25 May 2009
• [Prevention and management of acoustic traumas] 18 May 2009
• [Hearing damage as a consequence of firefighters' professional exposure to noise] 29 Apr 2009
• Strategies for the prevention of MP3-induced hearing loss among adolescents: expert opinions from a Delphi study. 29 Apr 2009
• L-type voltage-gated calcium channel is involved in the pathogenesis of acoustic injury in the cochlea. 29 Apr 2009

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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