Alison M. Grimes, Head, Audiology Clinic, Assistant Clinical Professor, Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles, discusses loud noise and preventable hearing loss.
Loud noise is the most common preventable cause of hearing loss. It damages the cochlear outer hair cells and repeated episodes of temporary threshold shift lead to permanent threshold shift or hearing loss.
Reading:
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Perbellini L, Veronese N, Raineri E, Rava M, Riolfi A. [Noise-induced hearing loss: are health service surveillance programs always effective?] Med Lav. 2009;100 Suppl 1:20-3. Italian.
El Dib RP, Mathew JL. Interventions to promote the wearing of hearing protection. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2009 Oct 7;(4):CD005234.
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