Hearing parameters in noise exposed industrial workers

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 369-375

  Çelik, Onur ^a   Yalçin, Şinasi ^a   Öztürk, Ahmet ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hearing parameters; Industrial workers; Noise exposure

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ACOUSTIC REFLEX; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS;

ADULT; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTRICITY; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POWER PLANTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFLEX, ACOUSTIC; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032404054     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0385-8146(98)00036-4     Document Type: Article

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