[New potentials in assessment of the acoustic analyzer in occupational selection and certification of drivers]

As there is a need now in modern, informative and objective methods of diagnosis of early changes in the acoustic analyzer of drivers exposed to intensive occupational noise. To develop such methods, we studied parameters of evoked otoacoustic emission with reference to age of the drivers and duration of occupational exposure to noise. We established characteristics of delayed evoked otoacoustic emission and evoked distortion product otoacoustic emission. These parameters can be used in occupational selection and certification of transport drivers as markers of initial signs of a negative noise effect on the hearing organ.