Occupational hearing loss includes acoustic traumatic injury and Noise induced hearing loss (NIHL), and can be partial or complete hearing loss in one or both ears as the result of ones employment.
His product, Coclaire Industries, helps prevent
occupational hearing loss.
An American study suggests that hearing loss is the third commonest chronic physical condition in the United States, more prevalent than diabetes or cancer, and
occupational hearing loss, mostly caused by exposure to high noise levels is the commonest occupational disease in the United States [11].
Occupational hearing loss. Am J Ind Med 2000; 37: 112-20
Objective: To assess
occupational hearing loss among the workers of a manufacturing industry at Bahawalpur.
The Department of Defense (DOD) HCP [2] provides specific guidance for service branches in an effort to mitigate
occupational hearing loss; however, it does not specifically address unique noise exposures observed in the theater of war.
I was also to take histories of previous occupational noise exposure, do individual hearing tests, attempt to identify any historic hearing loss and report any issues pertinent to any
occupational hearing loss.
(7) The present article reviews types of hearing loss, discusses
occupational hearing loss, and provides an update on hearing loss in instrumentalists and singers.
Noise is not the only source of
occupational hearing loss; exposure to chemicals such as aromatic solvents and metals including lead, arsenic and mercury can also cause hearing loss.
Despite the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) and other legislation enacted to help prevent
occupational hearing loss, noise-induced hearing impairment still occurs.
Preventing
occupational hearing loss. A practical guide.Cincinnati, OH:DHHS, CDC, NIOSH.