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Assessment of mean auditory hazard incurred by occupational exposure to impulse noise
- Source :
- European annals of otorhinolaryngology, head and neck diseases. 128(1)
- Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- OBJECTIVES: To assess the collective hearing hazard entailed by occupational noise exposure. METHODS: The Late Audio-Sonometric Index (LASI) is a global score recommended for following up hearing loss in groups of workers exposed to traumatic noise, combining: daily noise exposure level (L(EX,8h) in dB(A)); individual hearing threshold level at 3kHz (HTL (3kHz) in dB); HTL(0)(3)(kHz) targeted at retirement; and 5 (or 10) years age bracket between 50 and 59 years of age. LASI=HTL(0)(3kHz) - HTL (3kHz)+10 log (age - 20) - 10 log (0.23×L(EX,8h) - 17.36). RESULTS: When L(EX,8h) exceeds 80dB(A) and HTL(0)(3kHz) is at 25dB, occasional audiometric surveillance may be recommended for workers exposed to hazardous impulse noise: e.g., should the median and the mean LASI values fall below 20 for men or 23 for women (indicative threshold values). CONCLUSION: This exponential model thus integrates the fact that daily exposure to impulse noise may be more harmful for hearing than eight hours exposure to continuous noise of equivalent energy. Language: en
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Sound Spectrography
Hearing loss
Poison control
Audiology
Impulse noise
Risk Assessment
Sonometry
Noise exposure
Audiometry
Risk Factors
Dosimetry
medicine
Humans
Mass Screening
Simulation
Proportional Hazards Models
Retirement
Absolute threshold of hearing
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Auditory Threshold
Middle Aged
Presbycusis
Occupational Diseases
Noise
Otorhinolaryngology
Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced
Noise, Occupational
Surgery
Female
Occupational exposure
France
medicine.symptom
business
Psychoacoustics
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1879730X
- Volume :
- 128
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- European annals of otorhinolaryngology, head and neck diseases
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f71be49d266bc5b013f94d5ffc07d774