Professional paper
Quick Progress of a Hearing Impairment in a Young Plumber
Azra Huršidić-Radulović
Abstract
Workers exposed to noise are regularly examined using tonal hearing tests. Of all noise-exposed worker population, about ten percent are hypersensitive to noise. Regular hearing tests conducted for two years revealed a hearing impairment in a young construction plumber who, according to on-site noise measurements, was occupationally exposed to permissible noise levels. Tonal hearing tests showed that the impairment was progressing quickly. This case study discusses probable causes of this lesion suffered by the subject, which is of the acoustic trauma type.
Keywords
hearing impairment; plumber; acoustic trauma; noise; tonal hearing test
Hrčak ID:
122
URI
Publication date:
7.12.2005.
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