Hearing threshold in sport divers: is diving really a hazard for inner ear function?
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
; 130(2): 221-5, 2004 Feb.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To investigate the effect of scuba diving on the hearing threshold of sport divers who have no history of excessive noise exposure or of diving-related inner ear damage.DESIGN:
Cross-sectional controlled comparison study.SETTING:
General sports diving community.PARTICIPANTS:
Sixty sport divers with an average of 650 dives each and at least 4 years of diving experience (mean, 10 years) were compared with a control group of 63 nondivers from our hospital staff or patients referred for rhinologic problems or benign tumors of the salivary gland. MAIN OUTCOMEMEASURE:
After microscopic otoscopy and tympanometry, we used pure-tone audiometry to measure the hearing threshold for air and bone conduction. The participants were divided into 3 age groups, and the hearing test results for both ears combined were statistically compared.RESULTS:
There were no statistically significant differences in the hearing thresholds between sport divers and nondivers.CONCLUSIONS:
The reduced hearing levels of professional divers found in other studies are probably due to the high noise levels that they have to deal with or may be a result of inner ear accidents.
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Umbral Auditivo
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Buceo
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
Asunto de la revista:
OTORRINOLARINGOLOGIA
Año:
2004
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Alemania