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High-frequency-noise-induced hearing loss: a field study on the role of intensity level and accumulated noise dose

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Based on audiometric tests in the range of 10 to 20 kHz, of 106 ultrasound operators, as well as on measurements of high-frequency noise, the problem of safety limits for high-frequency noise exposure was investigated. Analyzing the relation between noise levels of 1/3 octave bands at center frequencies of 10, 12.5 and 16 kHz and the accumulated noise dose on the one hand, and changes of hearing at 10 to 12, 11 to 13 and 14 to 16 kHz respectively, on the other hand, a harmless level up to 80 dB and a harmless noise dose up to 1 unit for people not older than 40 years have been found. For older people this level and this noise dose can be dangerous.

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  1. Institute of Occupational Medicine in the Mining and Metallurgical Industry, B. Bieruta 12, 41-200, Sosnowiec, Poland

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Grzesik, J., Pluta, E. High-frequency-noise-induced hearing loss: a field study on the role of intensity level and accumulated noise dose. Int. Arch Occup Environ Heath 57, 127–136 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00381380

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