在长期暴露于职业噪音的工人中,噪音引起的听力损失和静脉功能障碍之间的关联
Hamed Nadri1, Ali Khavanin2, In-Ju Kim3
1Department of Occupational Health and Safety, Shoushtar Faculty of Medical Sciences, Shoushtar, Iran.
Indian journal of occupational and environmental medicine
|December 2, 2024
概括
噪音引起的听力损失 (NIHL) 与织工人的前庭功能障碍有关. 这项研究强调噪音是导致听力和平衡问题的风险因素,强调需要进一步的研究和保护措施.
科学领域:
- 职业健康 职业健康 职业健康 职业健康
- 听力学 听力学是指听力学.
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
背景情况:
- 暴露于噪音是已知的噪音引起的听力损失 (NIHL) 的原因之一.
- 噪音对前庭功能的影响不太了解,并且经常被忽视.
- 静脉管功能障碍会导致平衡问题并影响生活质量.
研究的目的:
- 在被诊断患有NIHL的工人中调查前庭系统功能.
- 为了比较暴露于噪音的工人和健康的对照组之间的前庭功能.
- 探索听力值和前置障碍之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 招募了30名患有NIHL的男性织工人和30名健康的男性办公室工作人员.
- 听力值使用纯音调听力测量 (空气和骨导电) 进行评估.
- 使用视频阴影影像电池评估静脉功能,包括眼动力测试,热量测试和视频头部脉冲测试 (vHIT).
主要成果:
- 没有观察到分组间的顺序跟踪,平滑追逐或光动力学阴影症的显著差异.
- 与对照组 (3.3%) 相比,NIHL工作者显示异常vHIT的患病率显著更高 (40%).
- 异常的热量测试结果在NIHL组 (33.3%) 与对照组 (0%) 显著更频繁.
- 在3,4,6和8千赫的听力值与前庭功能障碍之间发现了显著的关联.
结论:
- 这项研究提供了NIHL和前庭功能障碍的同时发生的证据.
- 这些发现支持噪音作为一个重要的风险因素发展前庭功能障碍在织工人.
- 这些结果强调了在职业噪音暴露评估中考虑前庭健康的重要性.
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