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Historical perspective
- Although Hearing loss is a common impairment but is often unrecognized by patients and physicians both.[1]
- 1713, Ramazzini found hearing loss in coppersmiths who hammered copper for their living.
- 1886 the first epidemiological survey of NIHL was conducted by Thomas Barr.
- 1890 Habermann described the histology of NIHL in organ of corti .
- 1928 Fowler observed the typical dip at 4 KHz due to NIHL.
- 1939 Bunch published the first audiometric feature of NIHL demonstrating the typical high frequency SNHL
- Hearing loss was undertreated till 20th century. In early 1980s, audiologists became increasingly aware of the potential adverse effects of even mild degrees of hearing loss on the psychosocial and psychoeducational outcomes of people.[2][3]
- In the past 40 years serious efforts to reduce excessive noise at work sites have been initiated. In the last half of the 20th century, multiple governments imposed strict orders to limit workers' exposure to loud sounds.[4]
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). - ↑ Tharpe AM (2008). "Unilateral and mild bilateral hearing loss in children: past and current perspectives". Trends Amplif. 12 (1): 7–15. doi:10.1177/1084713807304668. PMC 4111445. PMID 18270174.
- ↑ Kerr MJ, Neitzel RL, Hong O, Sataloff RT (2017). "Historical review of efforts to reduce noise-induced hearing loss in the United States". Am J Ind Med. 60 (6): 569–577. doi:10.1002/ajim.22627. PMID 28514024.
- ↑ Thurston FE (2013). "The worker's ear: a history of noise-induced hearing loss". Am J Ind Med. 56 (3): 367–77. doi:10.1002/ajim.22095. PMID 22821731.