Document ID (ISN) | 43949 |
CIS number |
85-668 |
ISSN - Serial title |
0096-1736 - Journal of Occupational Medicine |
Year |
1985 |
Convention or series no. |
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Author(s) |
Lane C.L., Dobie R.A., Crawford D.R., Morgan M.S. |
Title |
Standard threshold shift criteria |
Bibliographic information |
Jan. 1985, Vol.27, No.1, p.34-42. 18 ref. |
Abstract |
Standard threshold shift (STS) criteria were evaluated using techniques borrowed from decision theory and signal detection theory to separate audiometric STS's in true-positive and false-positive shifts. The current OSHA (USA) definition of a "change in hearing threshold relative to the baseline audiogram of an average of 10dB or more at 2, 3 or 4kHz in either ear" and the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgey recommandation of a 10dB or greater change for the worse for either the 0.5, 1 and 2kHz pure tone average or the 3, 4 and 6kHz pure tone average in either ear, were supported. Revisions of baselines after an STS occurs are supported. |
Descriptors (primary) |
hearing damage risk criteria; hearing threshold; hearing loss; noise |
Descriptors (secondary) |
comment on standard |
Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
Subject(s) |
Noise, hearing and vibration
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Broad subject area(s) |
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Browse category(ies) |
Noise Diseases of the ear and hearing damage
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