BACKGROUND Hearing capability plays a principal role on human's communication. Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) caused by exposure to high noise levels is a serious socio-economic problem in modern societies. NIHL can either be reversible, resulting in a temporary threshold shifts (TTS) or irreversible, resulting in a permanent threshold shifts (PTS). PTS is often confirmed in the time span of...

OBJECTIVE To assess maternal and child risk compensation behaviors in response to several commonly used safety measures. METHODS We administered a previously validated self-report measure of risk tolerance to a total of 151 mothers and their children in grades 3-7. Mothers indicated the level of risk they would permit their child to assume; children were questioned regarding the degree of phy...

BACKGROUND This systematic literature review is aimed at investigating applications of direct-to-consumer hearing devices for adults with hearing loss. This review discusses three categories of direct-to-consumer hearing devices: 1) personal sound amplification products (PSAPs), 2) direct-mail hearing aids, and 3) over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids. METHOD A literature review was conducted u...

The harmful effect of the noise on human health has been known for many decades and it's first harmful effect on the hearing came to be known in the year 1831. According to the nature of the work, this di- sease was called Boiler Maker's deafness.  Noise due to the industrial machineries is one of the main cause of Environmental Poliution, and among the different industreis, Textile industry i...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE We investigated usage of and satisfaction with hearing aid devices in everyday life among older adults with hearing loss. Our research further advances the role of hearing contexts for hearing aid use and satisfaction. A central assumption was that hearing aid owners adapt the usage of the hearing aid devices to contextual demands of hearing depending on their personal ...

Title of Document: WAKING EFFECTIVENESS OF EMERGENCY ALERTING DEVICES FOR THE HEARING ABLE, HARD OF HEARING, AND DEAF POPULATIONS Erin Mack Ashley Doctor of Philosophy 2007 Directed By: Associate Professor Dr. James A. Milke Department of Fire Protection Engineering The study presented measures the awakening effectiveness of a number of commercially available emergency alerting devices. Three g...