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Perspectives on Noise-Induced Hearing Loss

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Noise-Induced Hearing Loss

Part of the book series: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research ((SHAR,volume 40))

Abstract

Hearing impairment is the third most prevalent chronic disability in the United States, and hearing loss in the speech frequency region (pure-tone average threshold at 0.5, 1, 2, and 4 kHz ≥ 25 dB) is currently estimated to affect 29 million Americans ages 20–69 years based on 2003–2004 data (16% of population; Agrawal et al. 2008). When the higher frequencies are considered (pure-tone average at 3, 4, and 6 kHz ≥ 25 HL), the number affected doubles (Agrawal et al. 2008). Consistent with this, the National Institutes of Health has estimated that some 15% of Americans between the ages of 20 and 69 have hearing loss at higher test frequencies, suggesting the hearing loss may have been caused by exposure to loud sound (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders 2002).

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  1. Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, University of Florida, 101 S. Newell Road, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA

    Colleen G. Le Prell

  2. Department of Communication Disorders and Science, Center for Hearing Research, College of Arts and Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, 3435 Main Street, Buffalo, NY, 14214, USA

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Le Prell, C.G., Henderson, D. (2012). Perspectives on Noise-Induced Hearing Loss. In: Le Prell, C.G., Henderson, D., Fay, R.R., Popper, A.N. (eds) Noise-Induced Hearing Loss. Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, vol 40. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9523-0_1

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