Firefighters' noise exposure: A literature review
Summary Aim: To review the literature about the effects of environmental noise on the hearing ability of firefighters. Method: The PubMed and Scielo databases were searched and studies from 2002 to 2012 that included the keywords firefighters, noise, and hearing loss were...
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Aim: To review the literature about the effects of environmental noise on the hearing ability of firefighters.
Method: The PubMed and Scielo databases were searched and studies from 2002 to 2012 that included the keywords firefighters, noise, and hearing loss were identified. Initially, 24 studies were selected, but only 10 met the inclusion criteria of investigating the effects of occupational noise on firefighters.
Results: Only 2 (20%) studies quantified levels of sound pressure and performed audiological tests to identify associations with noise intensity and 3 (30%) questionnaire-based studies reported that these professionals are more susceptible to hearing loss. Four (50%) studies found that noise exposure damages the auditory system in this population.
Discussion: These findings indicate that there is a necessity for preventive measures to be adopted by this population since it is considered to be at risk.
Conclusion: In recent years, there have been few studies of firefighters' exposure to occupational noise, but our findings show the importance of new studies that include proper means of quantifying their exposure to noise in different work environments, in order to identify possible adverse conditions as well as to aid in the diagnosis of hearing loss. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-032f014bf82840f0874a430a28c018f62022-12-21T19:18:49ZengThieme Revinter Publicações Ltda.International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology1809-97771809-48642013-01-01170108008410.7162/S1809-97772013000100014Firefighters' noise exposure: A literature reviewCarla Linhares Taxini0Heraldo Lorena Guida1Speech Therapist. Masters Student in Human Communication Disorders at the State University of São Paulo -UNESP- Marília/SP - Brazil.Phd in Biological Sciences- UNESP Campus of the State University of São Paulo -UNESP- Botucatu/SP- Brazil. Professor at the Speech Therapy Department of the Faculty of Philosophy and Science at the State University of São Paulo - UNESP-Marília/SP - Brazil.Summary Aim: To review the literature about the effects of environmental noise on the hearing ability of firefighters. Method: The PubMed and Scielo databases were searched and studies from 2002 to 2012 that included the keywords firefighters, noise, and hearing loss were identified. Initially, 24 studies were selected, but only 10 met the inclusion criteria of investigating the effects of occupational noise on firefighters. Results: Only 2 (20%) studies quantified levels of sound pressure and performed audiological tests to identify associations with noise intensity and 3 (30%) questionnaire-based studies reported that these professionals are more susceptible to hearing loss. Four (50%) studies found that noise exposure damages the auditory system in this population. Discussion: These findings indicate that there is a necessity for preventive measures to be adopted by this population since it is considered to be at risk. Conclusion: In recent years, there have been few studies of firefighters' exposure to occupational noise, but our findings show the importance of new studies that include proper means of quantifying their exposure to noise in different work environments, in order to identify possible adverse conditions as well as to aid in the diagnosis of hearing loss.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.7162/S1809-97772013000100014noisemilitary personnelhearing losshearinghearing lossnoise-induced |
| spellingShingle | Carla Linhares Taxini Heraldo Lorena Guida Firefighters' noise exposure: A literature review International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology noise military personnel hearing loss hearing hearing loss noise-induced |
| title | Firefighters' noise exposure: A literature review |
| title_full | Firefighters' noise exposure: A literature review |
| title_fullStr | Firefighters' noise exposure: A literature review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Firefighters' noise exposure: A literature review |
| title_short | Firefighters' noise exposure: A literature review |
| title_sort | firefighters noise exposure a literature review |
| topic | noise military personnel hearing loss hearing hearing loss noise-induced |
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