Tinnitus and other auditory problems - occupational noise exposure below risk limits may cause inner ear dysfunction.

ABSTRACT: The aim of the investigation was to study if dysfunctions associated to the cochlea or its regulatory system can be found, and possibly explain hearing problems in subjects with normal or near-normal audiograms. The design was a prospective study of subjects recruited from the general population. The included subjects were persons with auditory problems who had normal, or near-normal, pure tone hearing thresholds, who could be included in one of three subgroups: teachers, Education; people working with music, Music; and people with moderate or negligible noise exposure, Other. A fourth group included people with poorer pure tone hearing thresholds and a history of severe occupational noise, Industry. Ntotal = 193. The following hearing tests were used: - pure tone audiometry with Békésy te

SUBMITTER: Lindblad AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4020865 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature