Evaluation of Hearing Loss in Pilots
Objective:High-intensity noise sources with an increase in air traffic and sudden changes in atmospheric pressure can cause hearing loss in pilots. The main goal of this research is to examine hearing loss due to age, the total flight hours and aircraft types and to evaluate the effects of personal...
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| description | Objective:High-intensity noise sources with an increase in air traffic and sudden changes in atmospheric pressure can cause hearing loss in pilots. The main goal of this research is to examine hearing loss due to age, the total flight hours and aircraft types and to evaluate the effects of personal conditions that can influence the hearing level.Methods:We examined the data of 234 Turkish pilots aged between 25 and 54 years who were examined due to the aviation Law for annual control from January 2005 to January 2014 at Başkent University Medical Faculty, Ankara Hospital. The audiometric results of the pilots were used. While 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8 KHz were used for the airway threshold, 1, 2, and 4 KHz were used for the bone conduction threshold.Results:According to the data of the 234 pilots, there was a significant correlation between high- frequency hearing loss and the total flight hours and pilots’ ages. The average hearing loss was higher, particularly in the left ear, in pilots using helicopters than in those using other aircraft types. There was no statistically significant correlation between hearing loss and diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, high blood pressure, anemia, obesity, and smoking.Conclusion:A significant correlation was observed between high frequency hearing loss and the total flight hours, pilots’ age, and aircraft types in our study. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e3034a6209a64d0f8887e2f9d619f4ad2023-02-15T16:11:20ZengGalenos YayincilikTurkish Archives of Otorhinolaryngology2667-74742015-12-0153415516210.5152/tao.2015.133013049054Evaluation of Hearing Loss in PilotsHayriye Atalay0Seda Türkoğlu Babakurban1Erdinç Aydın2 Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Başkent University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Başkent University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Başkent University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey Objective:High-intensity noise sources with an increase in air traffic and sudden changes in atmospheric pressure can cause hearing loss in pilots. The main goal of this research is to examine hearing loss due to age, the total flight hours and aircraft types and to evaluate the effects of personal conditions that can influence the hearing level.Methods:We examined the data of 234 Turkish pilots aged between 25 and 54 years who were examined due to the aviation Law for annual control from January 2005 to January 2014 at Başkent University Medical Faculty, Ankara Hospital. The audiometric results of the pilots were used. While 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8 KHz were used for the airway threshold, 1, 2, and 4 KHz were used for the bone conduction threshold.Results:According to the data of the 234 pilots, there was a significant correlation between high- frequency hearing loss and the total flight hours and pilots’ ages. The average hearing loss was higher, particularly in the left ear, in pilots using helicopters than in those using other aircraft types. There was no statistically significant correlation between hearing loss and diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, high blood pressure, anemia, obesity, and smoking.Conclusion:A significant correlation was observed between high frequency hearing loss and the total flight hours, pilots’ age, and aircraft types in our study. http://turkarchotolaryngol.net/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/evaluation-of-hearing-loss-in-pilots/43314 pilotaviationnoisebarotraumahearing loss |
| spellingShingle | Hayriye Atalay Seda Türkoğlu Babakurban Erdinç Aydın Evaluation of Hearing Loss in Pilots Turkish Archives of Otorhinolaryngology pilot aviation noise barotrauma hearing loss |
| title | Evaluation of Hearing Loss in Pilots |
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| title_short | Evaluation of Hearing Loss in Pilots |
| title_sort | evaluation of hearing loss in pilots |
| topic | pilot aviation noise barotrauma hearing loss |
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