Open AccessOtoneurological symptoms in Brazilian fishermen exposed over a long period to carbon monoxide and noise
Author(s) -
Bianca Simone Zeigelboim,
Hugo Amilton Santos de Carvalho,
Cláudia Giglio de Oliveira Gonçalves,
Evelyn Joice Albizu,
Jair Mendes Marques,
Bruna Carla Fuck,
Rafaella Cardoso
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
noise and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.344
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1998-4030
pISSN - 1463-1741
DOI - 10.4103/1463-1741.165053
Subject(s) - carbon monoxide , noise (video) , period (music) , environmental health , medicine , environmental science , audiology , acoustics , biology , computer science , physics , artificial intelligence , biochemistry , image (mathematics) , catalysis
Fishing, one of the oldest productive activities, is an important sector of the Brazilian economy as well as the world economy. To evaluate the vestibular behavior in population of fishermen. It was realized as a retrospective and cross-sectional study. Thirty fishermen [mean age 49.5 (± 8.5) years] whose age ranged from 33 years to 67 years were submitted to anamnesis, otorhinolaryngological evaluation, and vestibular examination through the electronystagmography (ENG). The most evident otoneurological symptoms were: Tinnitus (66.7%), dizziness (63.3%), and hearing loss (53.3%). The most evident clinical symptoms were: Fatigue (36.7%), anxiety (23.3%), and depression (16.7%). There were alterations in the vestibular examination of 13 (43.3%) fishermen in the caloric test. There was a prevalence of alteration in the peripheral vestibular system and there was a major frequency of the peripheral vestibular irritative syndrome (30.0%).