- Title
- An observed relationship between vestibular function and auditory thresholds in aircraft-maintenance workers
- Creator
- Guest, Maya; Boggess, May; D'Este, Catherine; Attia, John; Brown, Anthony
- Relation
- Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Vol. 53, Issue 2, p. 146-152
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0b013e318204fa7f
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2011
- Description
- Objective: We sought to examine the vestibular function and whether an association exists between vestibular function and hearing thresholds in a group of military aircraft-maintenance workers with exposures to high levels of noise and organic solvents, relative to two different comparison groups. Methods: Vestibular function (using functional reach) and hearing (with pure-tone audiometry) were assessed in 601 exposed personnel, compared with two unexposed groups (500 technical trade and 391 nontrade). Results: Linear regression model showed that functional reach was slightly better for the comparison groups than the exposed group, with only one group being statistically significant, and there was a significant association between vestibular function and auditory thresholds at 500 and 1000 Hz. Conclusion: This study has demonstrated a relationship between low-frequency hearing loss, vestibular dysfunction, anxiety, and depression in an occupational population.
- Subject
- vestibular function; auditory function; hearing thresholds; hearing loss; aircraft-maintenance
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1066497
- Identifier
- uon:18170
- Identifier
- ISSN:1076-2752
- Language
- eng
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