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Longitudinal screening of hearing threshold in navy divers: is diving really a hazard?

Author(s) -

Thijs T. Wingelaar,

Edwin L Endert,

Rigo Hoencamp,

Pieter-Jan Am van Ooij,

Rob A. van Hulst

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

diving and hyperbaric medicine journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.389

H-Index - 20

eISSN - 2209-1491

pISSN - 1833-3516

DOI - 10.28920/dhm49.4.283-290

Subject(s) - navy , medicine , audiometry , absolute threshold of hearing , hearing loss , population , cohort , occupational safety and health , audiology , demography , environmental health , geography , archaeology , pathology , sociology

Hearing loss (HL) is common in the adult working population. It is widely assumed that diving is a risk factor for HL. However, studies with sufficient follow-up comparing HL in divers to non-divers are limited. This study aimed to assess the hearing threshold (HT) of Royal Netherlands Navy divers who had been diving for more than 15 years and to compare it to the ISO standard 7029:2017 reference table.

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