Open AccessHearing loss in shipyard employees
Author(s) -
Evangelos C. Alexopoulos,
Thomaella Tsouvaltzidou
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the indian journal of occupational and environmental medicine/the indian journal of occupational and environmental medicine
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3670
pISSN - 0973-2284
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5278.157000
Subject(s) - hearing loss , medicine , audiology , audiogram , ear disease , noise induced hearing loss , audiometry , occupational medicine , incidence (geometry) , occupational exposure , medical emergency , noise exposure , physics , optics
Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) is one of the most prevalent occupational illnesses, with a higher incidence in the heavy industry.