Effect of daily noise exposure monitoring on annual rates of hearing loss in industrial workers
Rabinowitz PM, Galusha D, Kirsche SR, Cullen MR, Slade MD, Dixon-Ernst C. Effect of daily noise exposure monitoring on annual rates of hearing loss in industrial workers. Occupational And Environmental Medicine 2010, 68: 414. PMID: 21193566, PMCID: PMC3738059, DOI: 10.1136/oem.2010.055905.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNoise-induced hearing lossOccupational noise-induced hearing lossNoise exposureDaily noise exposureIntervention subjectsHearing lossPrevention of NIHLOccupational noise exposureHearing threshold levelsAppropriate control groupsHearing conservation programAnnual rateHigh-frequency hearingControl groupIntervention studiesPreventive interventionsFrequency hearingIndustrial workersFurther worseningIntervention effectsInterventionExposureDaily monitoringRegular feedbackAdministrative feedback