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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Ling Zhang, Siqi Chen, Zhuowang Chen, Wenjun Yin, Wenjuan Fu, Fang He, Zhen Pan, Guilin Yi, Xiaodong Tan
Summary: Occupational noise exposure is associated with an increased risk of hypertension, and more effective prevention measures should be implemented. Our nomogram can help identify high-risk workers and facilitate timely interventions.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
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Environmental Sciences
Anna Pretzsch, Andreas Seidler, Janice Hegewald
Summary: Workplace noise has negative impacts on health, particularly in terms of inducing hearing loss and cardiovascular diseases. Recent studies have found associations between occupational noise exposure and conditions such as hypertension and ischemic heart disease. Further research is needed to better understand the non-auditory effects of noise and to develop effective measures for noise reduction in the workplace.
CURRENT POLLUTION REPORTS
(2021)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Shiyu Zhao, Dongkui He, Hanwei Zhang, Tingting Hou, Chengxin Yang, Wen Ding, Ping He
Summary: The study found that the hearing abnormality rate of occupational noise exposure participants was 8.03%, with males having a higher rate than females. Differences in abnormal rates of blood pressure, hearing, and physical examination were significant in different industries. Blood pressure and hearing abnormalities decreased with the expansion of enterprise scale. Gender, nationality, age, enterprise size, and industry were closely related to pure tone audiometry examination abnormal rate.
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Shuangyan Liu, Hua Zou, Song Lei, Jiarui Xin, Peiyi Qian, Yun Liu, Yingqi Chen, Kuai Yu, Meibian Zhang
Summary: The role of noise temporal structure and its combination with energy metrics in occupational noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) was studied among Chinese workers. The study found that kurtosis was a key factor influencing occupational NIHL and its combination with energy metrics could assess the risk of NIHL more effectively than energy metrics alone. The study also found that the workers exposed to complex noise had a higher risk of NIHL than those exposed to Gaussian noise. Evaluation: 8 points.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Wenzhen Li, Zhiya Zhao, Zhenlong Chen, Guilin Yi, Zuxun Lu, Dongming Wang
Summary: The study revealed that more than a quarter of workers in the automobile manufacturing industry in Wuhan suffered from high frequency hearing loss, while 6.41% experienced speech frequency hearing loss. Factors such as diabetes, smoking, temporary tinnitus, and sudden change in hearing were associated with a higher prevalence of hearing loss among workers.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2021)
Review
Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology
Sheneen Meghji, John Phillips
Summary: This study aimed to explore the relationship between noise exposure and audiometric notching at specific frequencies, including 84 articles involving 1,438,987 individuals of different age groups. The results indicated that the relationship between noise exposure and 3-6 kHz audiometric notching is not straightforward, requiring further research.
Article
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Eleanor Crossley, Tim Biggs, Phillip Brown, Tahwinder Singh
Summary: The study evaluated the effectiveness of iPhone apps in measuring noise exposure levels and found significant variation in accuracy among different apps. However, with the right app, an iPhone can be a reliable tool for measuring noise exposure levels when a specialist calibrated sound level meter is not available.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Long Miao, Juan Zhang, Lihong Yin, Yuepu Pu
Summary: This study assessed the prevalence of noise-induced hearing loss and hypertension among noise-exposed workers and found that there is an association between the two conditions.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH
(2023)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Dongming Wang, Yang Xiao, Xiaobing Feng, Bin Wang, Wenzhen Li, Meian He, Xiaomin Zhang, Jing Yuan, Guilin Yi, Zhenlong Chen, Xiayun Dai, Jie Wu, Weihong Chen
Summary: Occupational noise exposure, especially in males and older participants, may be a potential risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) based on a study with 21,412 Chinese adults.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYGIENE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Wenzhen Li, Haozhe Zhang, Zhaomin Chen, Yueqing Tao, Xuezan Huang, Weihong Chen, Dongming Wang
Summary: This study suggests that occupational noise exposure is positively associated with blood pressure, and miRNA-92a-3p partially mediates the association between occupational noise exposure and diastolic blood pressure.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Hye-Yoon Seol, Seo-Hu Kim, Ga-Young Kim, Mini Jo, Young-Sang Cho, Sung-Hwa Hong, Il-Joon Moon
Summary: This study reveals that the noise-canceling technology in commercial earphones can significantly reduce sound pressure levels and improve hearing protection.
Article
Otorhinolaryngology
Hao Yuan, Peng-Wei Ma, Jia-Wei Chen, Wei-Long Wang, Wei Gao, Pei-Heng Lu, Xue-Rui Ding, Yu-Qiang Lun, Lian-Jun Lu
Summary: The purpose of this study was to explore the diagnostic auditory indicators of high noise exposure and develop a diagnostic model for high noise exposure and potential development of hidden hearing loss (HHL). The results showed that the DPOAE and ECochG indices were lower in the high noise exposure group, while the ABR and speech discrimination scores were higher. A combination diagnostic indicator, consisting of the 10 kHz DPOAE, ABR wave III amplitude, and speech discrimination score, was constructed and showed high sensitivity and specificity.
EUROPEAN ARCHIVES OF OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Acoustics
Seyyed Mohammad Javad Golhosseini, Mohsen Aliabadi, Rostam Golmohammadi, Maryam Farhadian, Mehdi Akbari, Morteza Hamidi Nahrani, Mehdi Samavati
Summary: The study revealed that combined exposure to noise and whole-body vibration can significantly impact hearing responses, especially at a vibration level of 1.3 m/s², indicating potential synergistic effects on distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAE) amplitudes.
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Qixuan Wang, Xueling Wang, Lu Yang, Kun Han, Zhiwu Huang, Hao Wu
Summary: This study indicates significant sex differences in noise-induced hearing loss, with males having a higher prevalence of high-frequency hearing loss despite equivalent noise exposure and age. The differences are particularly remarkable among subjects aged 30 to 40 years and those with a cumulative noise exposure of 80 to 95 dB(A). Alcohol consumption may be a risk factor for high-frequency hearing loss in females.
BIOLOGY OF SEX DIFFERENCES
(2021)
Article
Peripheral Vascular Disease
Jennifer D'Souza, Jennifer Weuve, Robert D. Brook, Denis A. Evans, Joel D. Kaufman, Sara D. Adar
Summary: Urban noise levels are associated with increased blood pressure levels and greater risk of apparent treatment-resistant hypertension in the United States, indicating that urban noise may complicate hypertension treatment.