Prevalence of hearing loss among noise-exposed workers within the services sector, 2006–2015.
The purpose of this study is to estimate the prevalence of hearing loss among noise-exposed U.S. workers within the Services sector. Audiograms for 1.9 million workers (158,436 within Services) from 2006 to 2015 were examined. Prevalence and adjusted risk for hearing loss as compared with a referenc...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of Audiology Vol. 59; no. 12; pp. 948 - 962 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Dec2020
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