The Nord-Trøndelag Norway audiometric survey 1996-98: Unscreened thresholds and prevalence of hearing impairement for adults > 20 years

Noise and Health

Volumn 7, Issue 28, 2005, Pages 1-15

  Borchgrevink, H M ^a,d   Tambs, K ^b   Hoffman, H J ^c  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS   (United States)

^d Norges forskningsrad   (Norway)

Author keywords

Age; Audiometry; Gender; Hearing; Hearing impairment prevalence; Pure tone threshold

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; AUDIOMETER; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; NOISE; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD;

EID: 29244478659     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1463-1741.31632     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Alberti P.W. (1998) Editorial: Noise, the most ubiquitous pollutant. Noise & Health 1:3-5.
2. Bohnker B.K., Page J.C., Rovig G., Betts L.S., Muller J.G., Sack D.M. (2002b). Navy Hearing Conservation Program: threshold shifts in enlisted personnel, 1995-1999. Mil Med 167(1):48-52.
3. Borchgrevink H.M., Tambs K., Hoffman H.J. (2001). The Nord-Trøndelag Norway audiometric survey 1996-98: Unscreened adult high-frequency thresholds, normative thresholds and noise-related socio-acusis. In Henderson D., Prasher D., Kopke R., Salvi R., Hamernik R., eds. Noise Induced Hearing Loss: Basic mechanisms, prevention and control. Noise Research Network Publ., London, pp377-385.
4. Buren M., Solem B.S. and Laukli E. (1992). Threshold of hearing (0.125-20 kHz) in children and youngsters. Br J Audiol 26:23-31.
5. Clark W.W., Bohl C.D. (1996) Hearing levels of US industrial workers employed in low-noise environments. In Scientific basis of noise-induced hearing loss. Axelssoon A., Borchgrevink H.M., Hamernik R.P., Hellstrøm P.A., Henderson D., Salvi R.J., eds. Thieme, New York, pp 397-414
6. Davis A.C. (1989) The prevalence of hearing impairment and reported hearing disability among adults in Great Britain. Int. J. Epidemiol. 18(4): 911-917.
7. Davis A.C. (1997) Epidemiology of hearing disorders. In Scott Brown's Otolaryngology. Kerr A.G., ed. Butterworth-Heinemann, Boston.
8. Engdahl B., Tambs K., Borchgrevink H.M., Hoffman H.J. Screened and unscreened hearing threshold levels for the adult population: Results from the Nord-Trøndelag Hearing Loss Study. Int J Audiol 2005;44:213-230.
9. Gates G.A., Schmid P., Kujawa S.G., Nam B., D'Agostino R. (2000). Longitudinal threshold changes in older men with audiometric notches. Hear Res 141(1-2):220-228.
10. Gates G.A., Schmid P., Kujawa S.G, Nam B., D'Agostino R. (2001). The effects of aging on noise-damaged ears. In Henderson D., Prasher D., Kopke R., Salvi R., Hamernik R., eds. Noise Induced Hearing Loss: Basic mechanisms, prevention and control. Noise Research Network Publ., London, pp513-522.
11. Ishii E.K., Talbott E.O. (1998) Race/ethnicity differences in the prevalence of noise-induced hearing loss in a group of metal fabricating workers. J Occup Environ Med 40(8):661-666.
12. ISO 389. (1994) Acoustics - Reference zero for the calibration of audiometric equipment. International Organization for Standardization, Geneva.
13. ISO 7029. (1984) Acoustics - Threshold of hearing by air conduction as a function of age and sex for otologically normal persons. International Organization for Standardization, Geneva.
14. ISO 8253-1:1989 (E). Acoustics - Audiometric test methods. International Organization for Standardization, Geneva.
15. ISO 1999. (1990) Acoustics - Determination of occupational noise exposure and estimation of noise-induced hearing impairment. International Organization for Standardization, Geneva.
16. Johansson M.S.K. & Arlinger S. Hearing threshold levels for an otologically un-screened, non-occupationally noise-exposed population in Sweden. Int J Audiol 2005;41:180-194.
17. Lee D.J., Gomez-Marin O., Lee H.M. (1996) Prevalence of childhood hearing loss. The Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey II. Am. J. Epidemiol. 144(5): 442-449
18. Lutman M.E., Davis A.C. (1994). The distribution of hearing threshold levels in the general population aged 18-30 years. Audiology 33(6):327-350.
19. Miller J.M., Dolan D.F., Raphael Y., Altschuler R.A. (1998). Interactive effects of aging with noise induced hearing loss. Scand Audiol Suppl, 48:53-61.
20. Murray N.M., LePage E.L. (1993) Age dependence of otoacoustic emissions and apparent rates of ageing of the inner ear in an Australian population. Aust. J. Audiol. 15: 59-70
21. Niskar A.S., Kiesak S.M., Holmes A.E., Esteban E., Rubin C., Brody D.J. (2001). Estimated prevalence of noise-induced hearing threshold shifts among children 6 to 19 years of age: he Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988-1994, United States. Pediatrics 108(1):40-43.
22. Robinson D.W., Shipton M.S. and Hinchcliffe R. (1981). Audiometric zero for air conduction. A verification and critique of international standards. Audiology 20: 409-431
23. Rosen S., Plester D., El-Mofty A., Rosen H.V. (1964) High frequency audiometry in presbycusis. Arch Otolaryngol 79: 18-32
24. Smith P.A., Lutman M.E. (1992) Consequences of the change to standards ffor airconduction hearing levels. A cautionary note. Br J Audiol 26(1):59-61.
25. Smith P.A., Davis A.C., Ferguson M.A. and Lutman M.E. (1998). Hearing in young adults. Report to ISO/TC43/WG1.
26. Ward W.D. (1990) Presbyacusis and NIHL, current DRC and the validity of EEH, noise susceptibility and new psychoacoustic methods. In Noise as a public health problem. New advances in noise research, Part 1. Berglund B., Lindvall T., eds. Swedish Council for Building Research, Stockholm, pp 167-177.
27. Ward W.D. (1993) Current exposure standards; interaction of exposures; susceptibility and vulnerability. In Noise and man '93. Noise as a public health problem. Vallet M., ed. Arcueil: INRETS 3:152-160.
28. Wilson D.H., Walsh P.G., Sanchez L., Davis A.C., Taylor A.W., Tucker G., Meagher I. (1999) The epidemiology of hearing impairment in an Australian adult population. Int. J. Epidemiol. 28: 247-252