Hearing impairment primary prevention
Primary Prevention[1]
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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, maintain and lubricate machinery and equipment, place a barrier between the noise source 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.