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- Title
Noise-Induced Hearing Loss and Its Prevention.
- Authors
Spear, Samuel; Erbele, Isaac
- Abstract
Noise-induced hearing loss is defined as a temporary or permanent sensorineural hearing loss from high-intensity continuous or impulse acoustic insults. In the military population, routine exposure to blast or firearms discharge during training and/ or combat makes hearing loss one of the most prevalent Department of Defense disabilities. More broadly, noise-induced hearing loss is the most common occupational disability, impacting 16 percent of the world's population. Tinnitus and cognitive impairment are secondary effects, which can cause substantial disruption to the patient. Despite hearing protection device requirements within occupational hearing loss prevention programs, the prevalence of noise-induced hearing loss remains stubbornly high. The presenters discussed and reviewed acute noise-induced hearing loss and how it relates to military members and populations routinely exposed to acoustic trauma. They reviewed how standard hearing conservation surveillance programs characterize hearing changes by capturing auditory changes in noise-exposed populations. Additionally, they reviewed the development of therapeutics for noise-induced hearing loss.
- Subjects
NOISE-induced deafness; SOUND; THERAPEUTICS; HEARING protection; HEARING disorders
- Publication
Audiology Today, 2024, Vol 36, Issue 3, p49
- ISSN
1535-2609
- Publication type
Article