Noise-Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL): literature review with a focus on occupational medicine

Noise-Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL): literature review with a focus on occupational medicine

According to the Ministry of Health (2006), Noise-Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL) is hearing loss caused by prolonged exposure to noise. It is characterized as sensorineural hearing loss and is usually bilateral, irreversible, and progressive while the exposure to noise continues. A NIHL is a predictable and preventable disease with an epidemiologically relevant prevalence in urban communities. The...

Health surveillance for noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL).

Ross et al. [1] compared hearing loss in divers and offshore workers and concluded that current Health & Safety Executive (HSE) guidance on the assessment of audiograms is ‘in error’ and ‘inadequate’. Grading the sum of hearing thresholds at 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 kHz using the HSE ‘age-adjusted norm’ values [2], they found that the HSE scheme missed referring roughly half of people thought to have s...

Noise induced hearing loss ( NIHL ) : Possible long - term research projects

Occupational noise-induced hearing loss in India

Noise is the insidious of all industrial pollutants, involving every industry and causing severe hearing loss in every country in the world. Exposure to excessive noise is the major avoidable cause of permanent hearing impairment. Worldwide, 16% of the disabling hearing loss in adults is attributed to occupational noise, ranging from 7 to 21% in the various subregions. The estimated cost of noi...

Occupational noise-induced hearing loss: ACOEM Task Force on Occupational Hearing Loss.

Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) continues to be one of the most prevalent occupational conditions and occurs across a wide spectrum of industries. Occupational hearing loss is preventable through a hierarchy of controls, which prioritize the use of engineering controls over administrative controls and personal protective equipment. The occupational and environmental medicine (OEM) physician w...