TY - JOUR
T1 - Otologic referral in industrial hearing conservation programs
AU - Dobie, Robert A.
PY - 1981/11
Y1 - 1981/11
N2 - Baseline and periodic audiometry was performed on noise-exposed workers in 21 industrial plants. Workers showing moderate hearing loss, asymmetry, or significant threshold shifts were referred for otologic evaluation. The overall referral rate was 2.76%. Of 707 referrals, 53% had otologic diagnoses other than noise-induced hearing loss or required specific intervention, or both. The results support the use of criteria at least as stringent as those used in this study.
AB - Baseline and periodic audiometry was performed on noise-exposed workers in 21 industrial plants. Workers showing moderate hearing loss, asymmetry, or significant threshold shifts were referred for otologic evaluation. The overall referral rate was 2.76%. Of 707 referrals, 53% had otologic diagnoses other than noise-induced hearing loss or required specific intervention, or both. The results support the use of criteria at least as stringent as those used in this study.
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U2 - 10.1097/00043764-198111000-00009
DO - 10.1097/00043764-198111000-00009
M3 - Article
C2 - 7320774
AN - SCOPUS:0019453468
VL - 23
SP - 755
EP - 761
JO - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
JF - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
SN - 1076-2752
IS - 11
ER -