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== '''Primary | == Overview == | ||
Hearing impairment can be prevented by preventing exposure to common risk factors, [[loud noise]], [[ototoxic]] drugs, and [[trauma]]. | |||
=='''Primary prevention<ref name="pmid33253610">{{cite journal| author=Nieman CL, Oh ES| title=Hearing Loss. | journal=Ann Intern Med | year= 2020 | volume= 173 | issue= 11 | pages= ITC81-ITC96 | pmid=33253610 | doi=10.7326/AITC202012010 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=33253610 }}</ref>'''== | |||
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* It can be prevented by limiting exposure to excessive noise in both work and leisure activities. | *It can be prevented by limiting exposure to excessive noise in both work and leisure activities. | ||
* Noise-induced hearing loss is completely preventable with routine use of hearing protection. | *Noise-induced hearing loss is completely preventable with routine use of hearing protection. There are 3 types of Hearing protection ear muffs, earplugs and ear caps. | ||
* App-based sound level meters are available for free. Several devices and apps can track daily noise exposure. | *App-based sound level meters are available for free. Several devices and apps can track daily noise exposure. | ||
* Moreover mobile devices now a days have safety warnings for sound up to safe limit. | *Moreover mobile devices now a days have safety warnings for sound up to safe limit. | ||
* Avoid or closely monitor ototoxic medications and chemical exposure that damage cochlear hair cells and basement membrane. | *Avoid or closely monitor ototoxic medications and chemical exposure that damage cochlear hair cells and basement membrane. | ||
* Close follow up with the patients having recurrent ear infections. | *Close follow up with the patients having recurrent ear infections. | ||
* Take care of volume and/or wear hearing protection when listening to loud music or during parties. | *Take care of volume and/or wear hearing protection when listening to loud music or during parties when noise area exceed 85 dBA. | ||
* Avoid [[head trauma]]. | *Avoid [[head trauma]]. | ||
* Keep yourself at a distance from speakers. | *Keep yourself at a distance from speakers. | ||
* Prevention of genetic hearing loss is possible through pre pregnancy and prenatal genetic screening, diagnosis and counseling.<ref name="pmid30915702">{{cite journal| author=Yang T, Guo L, Wang L, Yu X| title=Diagnosis, Intervention, and Prevention of Genetic Hearing Loss. | journal=Adv Exp Med Biol | year= 2019 | volume= 1130 | issue= | pages= 73-92 | pmid=30915702 | doi=10.1007/978-981-13-6123-4_5 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=30915702 }}</ref> | *Prevention of genetic hearing loss is possible through pre pregnancy and prenatal genetic screening, diagnosis and counseling.<ref name="pmid30915702">{{cite journal| author=Yang T, Guo L, Wang L, Yu X| title=Diagnosis, Intervention, and Prevention of Genetic Hearing Loss. | journal=Adv Exp Med Biol | year= 2019 | volume= 1130 | issue= | pages= 73-92 | pmid=30915702 | doi=10.1007/978-981-13-6123-4_5 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=30915702 }}</ref> | ||
*Choose low-noise tools and machinery, lubricate and maintain machinery and equipment to remove friction, place a barrier between the source of noise and employee. | |||
*Enclose or isolate the noise source. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Hearing impairment can be prevented by preventing exposure to common risk factors, loud noise, ototoxic drugs, and trauma.
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- It can be prevented by limiting exposure to excessive noise in both work and leisure activities.
- Noise-induced hearing loss is completely preventable with routine use of hearing protection. There are 3 types of Hearing protection ear muffs, earplugs and ear caps.
- App-based sound level meters are available for free. Several devices and apps can track daily noise exposure.
- Moreover mobile devices now a days have safety warnings for sound up to safe limit.
- Avoid or closely monitor ototoxic medications and chemical exposure that damage cochlear hair cells and basement membrane.
- Close follow up with the patients having recurrent ear infections.
- Take care of volume and/or wear hearing protection when listening to loud music or during parties when noise area exceed 85 dBA.
- Avoid head trauma.
- Keep yourself at a distance from speakers.
- Prevention of genetic hearing loss is possible through pre pregnancy and prenatal genetic screening, diagnosis and counseling.[2]
- Choose low-noise tools and machinery, lubricate and maintain machinery and equipment to remove friction, place a barrier between the source of noise and employee.
- Enclose or isolate the noise source.
References
- ↑ Nieman CL, Oh ES (2020). "Hearing Loss". Ann Intern Med. 173 (11): ITC81–ITC96. doi:10.7326/AITC202012010. PMID 33253610 Check
|pmid=value (help). - ↑ Yang T, Guo L, Wang L, Yu X (2019). "Diagnosis, Intervention, and Prevention of Genetic Hearing Loss". Adv Exp Med Biol. 1130: 73–92. doi:10.1007/978-981-13-6123-4_5. PMID 30915702.