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Hearing Loss Characteristics of Workers with Hypertension Exposed to Occupational Noise: A Cross-Sectional Study of 270,033 Participants
OBJECTIVES: This study investigated the hearing loss characteristics among occupational noise exposure workers with hypertension and the link between hypertension and hearing loss when exposed to occupational noise. METHODS: A total of 267,766 occupational noise-exposed workers were enrolled, includ...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6313990/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30662916 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/8541638 |
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author | Wang, Boshen Han, Lei Dai, Simin Li, Xiuting Cai, Wenyan Yang, Dandan Chen, Lin Wang, Ning Zhu, Baoli Zhang, Juan |
author_facet | Wang, Boshen Han, Lei Dai, Simin Li, Xiuting Cai, Wenyan Yang, Dandan Chen, Lin Wang, Ning Zhu, Baoli Zhang, Juan |
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description | OBJECTIVES: This study investigated the hearing loss characteristics among occupational noise exposure workers with hypertension and the link between hypertension and hearing loss when exposed to occupational noise. METHODS: A total of 267,766 occupational noise-exposed workers were enrolled, including 29,868 workers with hypertension and 240,165 without hypertension. Hypertension was diagnosed according to WHO criteria. Hypertension was classified into four grades based on blood pressure. Assessment of hearing was performed through measurement of an unadulterated tone threshold at different frequencies, which ranged between 250 and 8,000 Hz. RESULTS: A substantial link was observed to exist between hypertension and the increment in the hearing limit. The increase in the hearing threshold was substantially higher among those having grade 2 hypertension. CONCLUSION: The current investigation suggested patients with hypertension exhibit a substantial rise in hearing loss in comparison with patients without hypertension. The rise in hearing loss was significant in patients with grade 2 hypertension. Efficient and practicable measures are required to decrease the hearing loss in workers with hypertension and work-related noise exposure. |
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spelling | pubmed-63139902019-01-20 Hearing Loss Characteristics of Workers with Hypertension Exposed to Occupational Noise: A Cross-Sectional Study of 270,033 Participants Wang, Boshen Han, Lei Dai, Simin Li, Xiuting Cai, Wenyan Yang, Dandan Chen, Lin Wang, Ning Zhu, Baoli Zhang, Juan Biomed Res Int Research Article OBJECTIVES: This study investigated the hearing loss characteristics among occupational noise exposure workers with hypertension and the link between hypertension and hearing loss when exposed to occupational noise. METHODS: A total of 267,766 occupational noise-exposed workers were enrolled, including 29,868 workers with hypertension and 240,165 without hypertension. Hypertension was diagnosed according to WHO criteria. Hypertension was classified into four grades based on blood pressure. Assessment of hearing was performed through measurement of an unadulterated tone threshold at different frequencies, which ranged between 250 and 8,000 Hz. RESULTS: A substantial link was observed to exist between hypertension and the increment in the hearing limit. The increase in the hearing threshold was substantially higher among those having grade 2 hypertension. CONCLUSION: The current investigation suggested patients with hypertension exhibit a substantial rise in hearing loss in comparison with patients without hypertension. The rise in hearing loss was significant in patients with grade 2 hypertension. Efficient and practicable measures are required to decrease the hearing loss in workers with hypertension and work-related noise exposure. Hindawi 2018-12-19 /pmc/articles/PMC6313990/ /pubmed/30662916 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/8541638 Text en Copyright © 2018 Boshen Wang et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Wang, Boshen Han, Lei Dai, Simin Li, Xiuting Cai, Wenyan Yang, Dandan Chen, Lin Wang, Ning Zhu, Baoli Zhang, Juan Hearing Loss Characteristics of Workers with Hypertension Exposed to Occupational Noise: A Cross-Sectional Study of 270,033 Participants |
title | Hearing Loss Characteristics of Workers with Hypertension Exposed to Occupational Noise: A Cross-Sectional Study of 270,033 Participants |
title_full | Hearing Loss Characteristics of Workers with Hypertension Exposed to Occupational Noise: A Cross-Sectional Study of 270,033 Participants |
title_fullStr | Hearing Loss Characteristics of Workers with Hypertension Exposed to Occupational Noise: A Cross-Sectional Study of 270,033 Participants |
title_full_unstemmed | Hearing Loss Characteristics of Workers with Hypertension Exposed to Occupational Noise: A Cross-Sectional Study of 270,033 Participants |
title_short | Hearing Loss Characteristics of Workers with Hypertension Exposed to Occupational Noise: A Cross-Sectional Study of 270,033 Participants |
title_sort | hearing loss characteristics of workers with hypertension exposed to occupational noise: a cross-sectional study of 270,033 participants |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6313990/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30662916 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/8541638 |
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