Year: 1997 Vol. 63 Ed. 1 - (2º)
Artigos Originais
Pages: 15 to 20
Risk of Occupational Hearing Loss in Telephone Operators.
Author(s):
Rita de Cassia Cassou Guimarães Mendes*
Carlos Eduardo Barrionuevo**
Denise Romano França***
Kátia do Valle Ribas***
Simone Bley****
Angela Rocha Narciso*****
Keywords: Hearing loss noise-induced, noise occupational, deafness
Abstract:
Hearing was studied among 50 telephone operators with age between 35 and 50, who have been working with single earphones and six hours a day. it was compared with control group formed by women with the same age and non-exposed to high intensity noise. Hearing loss incidence in both groups and the risk of occupational hearing loss in the study group was established.
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