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Industrial noise and its effects on human hearing

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APPLIED ACOUSTICS
Volume 63, Issue 1, Pages 35-42

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ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-682X(01)00022-6

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The effects of industrial noise on hearing loss of workers in Cyprus was studied over the period from 1996 to 1999, Measurements of the noise exposure doses of more than 200 workers from 90 Cypriot industries, ranging from timber to food and beverage were evaluated. Audiometric examinations of the studied workers showed that 27.8% suffered some hearing damage while 7.7% suffered serious hearing toss. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

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