title: Permanent effects of low frequency vibration on the vestibular system.
abstract: Among 49 male workers, mean age 30 years, who had been working in conditions of extreme noise and vibration for between 6 months and 10 years vestibular disturbances could be shown (in the form of spontaneous nystagmus, lowered caloric excitability, or pathology in rotatory tests) in as high as 44.9%. The lesions were believed to have arisen in the peripheral vestibular organ as a consequence of the low frequency vibration.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001309:Auditory Threshold; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D005133:Eye Movements; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007759:Labyrinth Diseases; D008297:Male; D009622:Noise / Q000009:adverse effects; D009784:Occupational Diseases; D012399:Rotation; D014724:Vestibular Function Tests; D014722:Vestibule, Labyrinth / Q000503:physiopathology; D014732:Vibration / Q000009:adverse effects*