Prevalence and Risk Factors for Hearing Loss in Chilean Shellfish Divers | Zendy

Marie Astrid Garrido | Zendy; Benedikt Anselm Hindelang | Zendy; Denise Siqueira de Carvalho | Zendy; Ilse Urzúa Finke | Zendy; Ronald Herrera | Zendy; Katja Radon | Zendy

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Prevalence and Risk Factors for Hearing Loss in Chilean Shellfish Divers

Author(s) -

Marie Astrid Garrido,

Benedikt Anselm Hindelang,

Denise Siqueira de Carvalho,

Ilse Urzúa Finke,

Ronald Herrera,

Katja Radon

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

annals of global health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.602

H-Index - 66

ISSN - 2214-9996

DOI - 10.29024/aogh.2310

Subject(s) - hearing loss , medicine , audiology , logistic regression , cross sectional study , environmental health , demography , sensorineural hearing loss , population , audiometry , pathology , sociology

Diving within artisanal fishing is a profession carried out by many men in coastal communities of southern Chile. These shellfish divers use surface supplied air for breathing. Among potential health threats are occupational accidents, decompression sickness and barotrauma. Repeated middle and inner ear barotrauma and decompression sickness of the ear may result in hearing loss.

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