Hearing loss induced by occupational and impulse noise: Results on threshold shifts by frequencies, age and gender from the Nord-Trøndelag Hearing Loss Study

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 309-317

  Tambs, Kristian ^a   Hoffman, Howard ^b   Borchgrevink, Hans ^c   Holmen, Jostein ^d   Engdahl, Bo ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

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

^c Norges forskningsrad   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Audiometry; Epidemiology; Hearing loss; Impulse noise; Occupational noise

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOISE; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING TEST;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PITCH PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33746597479     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14992020600582166     Document Type: Article

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