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Document ID (ISN)41758
CIS number 84-664
ISSN - Serial title 0018-7208 - Human Factors
Year 1983
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Ellis H.C.
Title Continuous noise and sensorineural hearing loss: a case study
Bibliographic information Aug. 1983, vol.25, No.4, p.425-429. Illus. 14 ref.
Abstract 29 audiometric tests undergone by a worker employed over 26 years in a structural maintenance shop at a petrochemical company were analysed. At retirement, he had irreversible sensorineural hearing loss. The relationship between continuous noise (average 90dBA within 1.83m of operating equipment) and sensorineural hearing loss was linear. Auditory capability consistently deteriorated over long periods of exposure to continuous noise.
Descriptors (primary) continuous noise; petrochemical industry; sheet-metal working; hearing loss
Descriptors (secondary) audiometric tests; case study
Document type D - Periodical articles
Subject(s) Noise, hearing and vibration
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Diseases of the ear and hearing damage
Noise
Metalworking industry
Petrochemical industry
Chemical industry