2018
Response to Dobie et al. Letter, ‘Exchange Rate and Risk of Noise-induced Hearing Loss in Construction Workers’
Roberts B, Seixas N, Mukherjee B, Neitzel R. Response to Dobie et al. Letter, ‘Exchange Rate and Risk of Noise-induced Hearing Loss in Construction Workers’. Annals Of Work Exposures And Health 2018, 62: 1179-1181. PMID: 30346476, DOI: 10.1093/annweh/wxy085.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchProgress in assessing and limiting occupational noise exposures in the United States
Neitzel R, Roberts B, Sayler S, Cheng W, Mukherjee B. Progress in assessing and limiting occupational noise exposures in the United States. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2018, 143: 1780-1780. DOI: 10.1121/1.5035826.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOccupational noise exposureOccupational noisePrevalence of noise-induced hearing lossNoise exposureNational job-exposure matrixNoise-induced hearing lossNon-auditory health effectsHealth effects of noiseJob-exposure matrixOccupational healthNoise exposure limitsAmerican Conference of Governmental Industrial HygienistsUS workersPresence of regulationHearing lossUnited StatesLoss prevention measuresExposure matrixOccupational noise exposure limitsProtect workersHealth burdenIndustrial hygienistsHealth impactsAdverse health effectsHealth effectsEvaluating the Risk of Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Using Different Noise Measurement Criteria
Roberts B, Seixas N, Mukherjee B, Neitzel R. Evaluating the Risk of Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Using Different Noise Measurement Criteria. Annals Of Work Exposures And Health 2018, 62: 295-306. PMID: 29415217, DOI: 10.1093/annweh/wxy001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHearing threshold levelsHearing outcomesHearing lossOccupational Safety and Health AdministrationRisk of noise-induced hearing lossHealth AdministrationNoise exposureOccupational Safety and HealthNoise-induced hearing lossInstitute of Occupational Safety and HealthSafety and HealthNational Institute of Occupational Safety and HealthCohort of construction workersMixed modelsDuration of participationAssessment of noise exposureMeasures of exposureHearing levelAkaike’s information criterion differencesConstruction workersAverage noise levelLinear mixed modelsLAVGContinuous averagingOSHA
2012
Environmental Cadmium and Lead Exposures and Hearing Loss in U.S. Adults: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999 to 2004
Choi Y, Hu H, Mukherjee B, Miller J, Park S. Environmental Cadmium and Lead Exposures and Hearing Loss in U.S. Adults: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999 to 2004. Environmental Health Perspectives 2012, 120: 1544-1550. PMID: 22851306, PMCID: PMC3556613, DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1104863.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Health and Nutrition Examination SurveyPure-tone averageHealth and Nutrition Examination SurveyHearing lossNutrition Examination SurveyExamination SurveyU.S. adultsRisk factorsGeneral populationU.S. general populationBlood cadmiumHearing thresholdsNonoccupational noiseHearing abilityLow-level exposure to cadmiumLead exposureYears of ageClinical risk factorsU.S. populationExamination componentsEnvironmental cadmiumEpidemiological studiesHearingAnalyzed dataAdults
2011
Occupational noise exposure assessment using O*NET and its application to a study of hearing loss in the US general population
Choi Y, Hu H, Tak S, Mukherjee B, Park S. Occupational noise exposure assessment using O*NET and its application to a study of hearing loss in the US general population. Occupational And Environmental Medicine 2011, 69: 176. PMID: 21725070, PMCID: PMC3277688, DOI: 10.1136/oem.2011.064758.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Health and Nutrition Examination SurveyPure-tone averageHearing lossNoise scoresGeneral populationStudy of hearing lossNoise-induced health effectsHealth and Nutrition Examination SurveyNutrition Examination SurveyNoise exposure assessmentUS general populationNoise exposure dataLogistic regression modelsHearing thresholdsOccupational noiseExamination SurveyExposure to soundExposure assessmentPotential confoundersEpidemiological researchScore quintilesQuintileAssessment toolOccupational categoriesEpidemiological evidence
2010
Cumulative lead exposure and age-related hearing loss: The VA Normative Aging Study
Park S, Elmarsafawy S, Mukherjee B, Spiro A, Vokonas P, Nie H, Weisskopf M, Schwartz J, Hu H. Cumulative lead exposure and age-related hearing loss: The VA Normative Aging Study. Hearing Research 2010, 269: 48-55. PMID: 20638461, PMCID: PMC2934752, DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2010.07.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAge-related hearing lossPure-tone averagePatella lead levelsCumulative lead exposureHearing lossHearing thresholdsNormative Aging StudyAssociated with poorer hearing thresholdsOdds of hearing lossAir conduction hearing thresholdsAssociated with hearing lossConduction hearing thresholdsPoorer hearing thresholdsAging StudyDevelopment of age-related hearing lossReduction of lead exposureVA Normative Aging StudyCross-sectional analysisLead exposureOccupational noiseHearing abilityK X-ray fluorescencePotential confoundersEpidemiological researchLead levels