Reference data for evaluation of occupationally noise-induced hearing loss

Noise and Health

Volumn 6, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 35-41

  Johansson, M ^a   Arlinger, Stig ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; General population; Noise induced hearing loss; Pure tone average; Reference data

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOISE POLLUTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TYMPANOMETRY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; SWEDEN; THRESHOLD LIMIT VALUES;

EID: 6944225198     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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3. International Organization for Standardization (1989) Acoustics - Audiometric test methods - part 1: Basic pure tone air and bone conduction threshold audiometry. ISO 8253-1. Geneva: ISO.
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5. International Organization for Standardization (1999) Acoustics - Determination of occupational noise exposure and estimation of noise-induced hearing impairment. ISO 1999. Geneva: ISO
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