occupational hearing loss
noise-induced hearing loss
sensory hearing loss due to exposure to intense impulse or continuous sound.
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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.McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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.
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.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005