A procedure for the early detection of noise-susceptible individuals.
Currently used threshold audiograms fail to detect the early stages of noise-induced hearing impairment. Threshold shifts may reach 10 to 15 dB before the impairment is detected. Loudness difference limen and critical band phenomena should provide an earlier and more sensitive test for such hearing impairment.
D001307:Auditory Perception; D001309:Auditory Threshold; D003051:Cochlea / Q000294:innervation; D003638:Deafness / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D006320:Hearing Tests; D006801:Humans; D009622:Noise / Q000009:adverse effects*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D010897:Pitch Discrimination; D011999:Recruitment, Neurophysiological