Otoacoustic emissions in normal-hearing workers exposed to different noise doses.

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Otoacoustic emissions in normal-hearing workers exposed to different noise doses.

Int Tinnitus J. 2012;17(1):74-9

Authors: Boger ME, Sampaio AL, Oliveira CA

Abstract
INTRODUCTION: The otoacoustic emission test is useful in monitoring hearing changes not yet detectable in pure-tone audiometry, as well as in monitoring cochlear damage caused by exposure to noise.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate distortion product otoacoustic emissions in normal-hearing workers exposed to different occupational noise doses.
MATERIALS AND METHOD: This is a cohort prospective study performed in metalworking industries, in which normal-hearing workers were assessed by being divided into three different groups: GI not exposed, GII sporadically exposed and GIII often exposed to occupational noise.
RESULTS: Otoacoustic emission alterations were found in groups II and III bilaterally. Both in the amplitude and in the signal/noise ratio it was observed that as higher was the frequency, worse were the results of GII and GIII (p > 0.001), and the greater the exposure dose is, the lower the averages found in otoacoustic emission.
CONCLUSION: The otoacoustic emissions are worse in the exposed groups compared to the unexposed group and the greater are the noise dose, worse are the results.

PMID: 23906832 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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