High-frequency hearing of dental personnel.
234 dentists and dental nurses were examined with a normal and a high-frequency audiometer in high standard clinical conditions. Their ordinary and high-frequency hearing as compared with the controls showed no significant differences. Thus, exposure to high-frequency noise from high-speed drills and other modern dental instrumentation does not appear to be harmful to one's hearing and does not necessitate audiologic screening procedures for dental personnel.
D000328:Adult; D001299:Audiometry / Q000379:methods*; D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone; D001302:Audiometry, Speech; D003727:Dental Auxiliaries; D003815:Dentists; D005260:Female; D006309:Hearing; D006316:Hearing Loss, High-Frequency / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009623:Noise, Occupational / Q000009:adverse effects; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis