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Is Noise From Suctioning Harmful to Surgeons' Hearing?
- Source :
- Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. 77:1346-1350
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2019.
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Abstract
- PURPOSE A growing concern in the community of oral and maxillofacial surgeons (OMSs) is the progressive hearing loss that has become more evident in older surgeons. Very few studies have focused on the effects on a surgeon's hearing based on his or her environment. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the noise produced by suction, compared with federal guidelines, could have a damaging effect on the hearing of OMSs. MATERIALS AND METHODS A CEM DT-8851 industrial high-accuracy digital sound noise level meter data logger (CEM Instruments, Bengal, India) was used to capture the sound intensities in various procedures. The sound meter was used to record the intensities of sound produced, in decibels, in clinics and operating rooms. The analysis was divided into different variables: non-drilling/suction (in which neither a drill nor suction was used but suction was on), suction, drilling, suction and drilling, suction and irrigation, and Yankauer suction. RESULTS A total of 50 clinic and 50 operating room procedures were recorded, focusing on suction. The noise intensities captured were analyzed based on federal workplace standards. Compared with non-drilling/suction, all other noise exposures on average were greater in intensity and statistically significant with P
- Subjects :
- Suction (medicine)
medicine.medical_specialty
Hearing loss
India
Noise intensity
Suction
Audiology
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0302 clinical medicine
Noise exposure
Data logger
otorhinolaryngologic diseases
medicine
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Noise level
Aged
Decibel
Surgeons
business.industry
030206 dentistry
Surgery, Oral
Noise
Otorhinolaryngology
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Female
Surgery
Oral Surgery
medicine.symptom
business
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Details
- ISSN :
- 02782391
- Volume :
- 77
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....49de67af54c841dcab8d400cae57c54d