Hearing assessment in dental practitioners and other academic professionals from an urban setting
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Hearing assessment in dental practitioners and other academic professionals from an urban setting
INTRODUCTION Extended exposure to high-speed handpieces and other noise-intensive devices might put dentists at risk for possible hearing impairment. The aim of this study was to determine the hearing ability of dentists and other scientists for comparison. METHODS After approval by the ethics committee, 115 subjects (dentists and other academic professionals as controls) of both genders were...
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عنوان ژورنال: Head & Face Medicine
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1746-160X
DOI: 10.1186/1746-160x-10-1