occupational hearing loss

noise-induced hearing loss

sensory hearing loss due to exposure to intense impulse or continuous sound.

Synonym(s): boilermaker's hearing loss, industrial hearing loss, occupational hearing loss

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occupational hearing loss

Audiology A ↓ in auditory discrimination linked to prolonged exposure to excess noise in the workplace caused by various machines–eg, airline industry, automotive repair, construction, entertainment, in an occupational setting. See Hearing loss, Noise-induced hearing loss.

noise-in·duced hear·ing loss

(noyz-in-dūst' hēr'ing laws)

Sensory hearing loss due to exposure to intense impulse or continuous sound.
Synonym(s): boilermaker's hearing loss, industrial hearing loss, occupational hearing loss.

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occupational hearing loss

Damage to hearing as a result of sustained high levels of noise or vibration, or exposure to agents such as organic solvents that have a direct toxic effect on the hair cell mechanism of the inner ears. Noise and such toxic agents can potentiate each other in producing permanent hearing loss.

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