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Modified Experimental Conditions for Noise-Induced Hearing Loss in Mice and Assessment of Hearing Function and Outer Hair Cell Damage
Published on: February 10, 2023
[Noise effects not only the ears. But can damage to health be objectively evaluated?]
1Institut für Arbeitsphysiologie an der Universität Dortmund.
Abstract:
Noise is an unwanted sound and/or a potential health hazard. Apart from noise-induced hearing loss noise causes numerous psychosocial and unspecific vegetative effects. Disturbances of communication are most frequently complained, and sleep disturbances ar regarded as most deleterious. These reactions may then cause performance decrements, annoyance and behavioral alterations. The permanent influence of noise may contribute to the multifactorial genesis of cardiovascular diseases, particularly of hypertension.
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