[Is the risk of noise-induced hearing damage higher for men than for women? (author's transl)].
Out of data on 25,544 workers exposed to noise three groups of the same age and of equally high exposure are selected, which serve to study the effects of the varying periods of noise exposure. A regression-analysis is made for both men and women in each group. Due to the method of analysis chosen the ascent of the regression-line (regression-coefficient) represents exclusively the effects of noise-exposure on the loss of hearing. The regression-coefficients for men and women turn out to be the same. Thus, contrary to previous studies, there is no difference between men and women in the effects of occupational noise-exposure on the ability to hear. The fact that male workers exposed to noise suffer usually from a more deteriorated sense of hearing than female workers can be explained by the increased effects of presbyacusis.
D000328:Adult; D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone; D005260:Female; D006317:Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D011304:Presbycusis / Q000150:complications; D012306:Risk; D012737:Sex Factors
Ist das Lärmschwerhörigkeitsrisiko für Männer grösser als für Frauen.