Noise and age-related hearing loss: A study of 40 123 gold miners in South Africa

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 53, Issue SUPPL.2, 2014, Pages

  Strauss, S ^a   Swanepoel, D W ^a,b,c   Becker, P ^d,e   Eloff, Z ^f   Hall, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Ear Science Institute Australia   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^f AngloGold Ashanti Limited   (South Africa)

Author keywords

ARHL; Homogenous exposure groups; Mine workers; NIHL; Noise exposure; South Africa

Indexed keywords

GOLD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; NOISE; NOISE INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRESBYACUSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GOLD; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRESBYCUSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896301653     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992027.2013.865846     Document Type: Conference Paper

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