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Otoacoustic emission testing in the early identification of noise-induced hearing loss in South African mineworkers
Dissertation (M (Communication Pathology))--University of Pretoria, 2006.
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| author2 | Soer, Maggi E. (Magdalena Elizabeth) |
| author_browse | Soer, Maggi E. (Magdalena Elizabeth) |
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/28801 Otoacoustic emission testing in the early identification of noise-induced hearing loss in South African mineworkers Soer, Maggi E. (Magdalena Elizabeth) troyc@iafrica.com Clark, Adele Laura Specificity Noise exposure Sensitivity Noise-induced hearing loss (nihl) Otoacoustic emission (OAE) UCTD Dissertation (M (Communication Pathology))--University of Pretoria, 2006. This study assessed the role of otoacoustic emission screening for the early identification of noise-induced hearing loss in South African mineworkers. Transient otoacoustic emissions and distortion product otoacoustic emissions were recorded in 106 noise exposed mineworkers (212 ears) aged between 20 and 55 years, and in 17 non-exposed novice workers (34 ears) aged between 18 and 29 years. All subjects had normal hearing acuity, otoscopic examinations and immittance measurements. Four otoacoustic emission (OAE) measurements were taken per ear and repeated by a second audiologist for the evaluation of inter-test reliability. Age and number of years of noise exposure was additionally evaluated as well as the specificity and sensitivity of the tests for this population group. In general the OAEs were diminished at four KHz for both the exposed and non-exposed groups. Age was found to be the primary predictor of diminished OAE tracings. Poor inter-test reliability was obtained. These results indicate that further research is required within this population group before OAE testing can be implemented for screening for noise-induced hearing loss. Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Unrestricted 2013-09-07T14:15:12Z 2005-10-18 2013-09-07T14:15:12Z 2005-01-21 2006-10-18 2005-10-18 Dissertation Clark, A 2005, Otoacoustic emission testing in the early identification of noise-induced hearing loss in South African mineworkers, M dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28801 > http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28801 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-10182005-083703/ © 2005, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Specificity Noise exposure Sensitivity Noise-induced hearing loss (nihl) Otoacoustic emission (OAE) UCTD Otoacoustic emission testing in the early identification of noise-induced hearing loss in South African mineworkers |
| title | Otoacoustic emission testing in the early identification of noise-induced hearing loss in South African mineworkers |
| title_full | Otoacoustic emission testing in the early identification of noise-induced hearing loss in South African mineworkers |
| title_fullStr | Otoacoustic emission testing in the early identification of noise-induced hearing loss in South African mineworkers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Otoacoustic emission testing in the early identification of noise-induced hearing loss in South African mineworkers |
| title_short | Otoacoustic emission testing in the early identification of noise-induced hearing loss in South African mineworkers |
| title_sort | otoacoustic emission testing in the early identification of noise induced hearing loss in south african mineworkers |
| topic | Specificity Noise exposure Sensitivity Noise-induced hearing loss (nihl) Otoacoustic emission (OAE) UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28801 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-10182005-083703/ |