Occupational Hearing Loss, Fourth Edition

4. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-56697-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 910 Seiten, Format (B × H): 254 mm x 180 mm, Gewicht: 1834 g

Now in its fourth edition, Occupational Hearing Loss delivers a complete overview of the hazards of occupational noise exposure, causes of hearing loss, testing of hearing, criteria to distinguish occupational hearing loss, and more. The book emphasizes medical and societal factors in its coverage of topics such as audiometry and who should do it, evoked response testing, and conductive and sensorineural hearing loss, as well as mixed, central, and functional hearing loss.

Brought together by experienced practitioners and written by experts with depth and experience in the field, this book is written clearly in language accessible to non-medical personnel. No other book available has the breadth, practical detail, or comprehensive scope. A unique compendium of information about specific problems of occupational hearing loss and hearing conservation, the book is both a balanced reference and an easy-to-use guide to protecting the hearing of industrial workers.

This title is an ideal read for any student or professional occupational physician, audiologist, health and safety engineer, industrial hygienist, and otolaryngologist.

Zielgruppe

Academic and Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Roehm, Pamela C.

Sataloff, Robert Thayer

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin HNO-Heilkunde, Phoniatrie, Audiologie
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Industrial Engineering
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technische Zuverlässigkeit, Sicherheitstechnik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Logopädie, Sprachstörungen, Stimmtherapie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface to the Fourth Edition                                                         

Authors                                                                                           

Contributors                                                                                   

 1. Occupational Hearing Loss: An Overview                              

  2. The Physics of Sound                                                               

  3. The Nature of Hearing Loss                                                     

  4. The Otologic History and Physical Examination                     

  5. Classification and Measurement of Hearing Loss                    

  6. The Audiogram                                                                         

  7. Special Hearing Tests                                                               

  8. Auditory-Evoked Phenomena: Theory and Clinical Applications                                                                                    

  9. Conductive Hearing Loss                                                         

10. Sensorineural Hearing Loss: Diagnostic Criteria                     

11. Noise Damage and Hidden Hearing Loss: Cochlear Synaptopathy in Animals and Humans                                    

12. Regenerative Therapy for Sensorineural Hearing Loss: Current Research Implications for Future Treatment

13. Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss                                         

14. Mixed, Central, and Functional Hearing Loss                         

15. Systemic Causes of Hearing Loss                                            

16. A Brief History of Occupational Hearing Loss: A Personal Perspective                                                                                      

17. Diagnosing Occupational Hearing Loss                                   

18. Hearing Loss: Handicap and Rehabilitation                             

19. Hearing Protection Devices                                                      

20. Tinnitus                                                                                     

21. Dizziness                                                                                   

22. Facial Paralysis                                                                         

23. Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Temporal Bone                         

24. Sarcomas of the Temporal Bone                                              

25. Hearing in Dogs                                                                        

26. Implications of Nutraceutical Modulation of Glutathione with Cystine and Cysteine in General Health and Otology     

27. Tables Summarizing Differential Diagnosis                            

28. Noise Measurement

29. Noise Control

30. Noise Criteria Regarding Risk and Prevention of Hearing Injury in Industry                                                                            

31. Hearing Loss and Other Otolaryngologic Complications of Scuba Diving                                                                                  

32. Hearing Conservation Underwater                                           

33. Hearing Loss in Musicians                                                       

34. Hearing Conservation in Industry                                            

35. Establishing a Hearing Conservation Program                        

36. Occupational Hearing Loss: Legislation and Compensation   

37. OSHA Noise Regulation                                                          

38. Formulae Differences in State and Federal Hearing Loss Compensation                                                                                 

39. Occupational Hearing Loss in the Railroad Industry               

40. The United States: The Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act                                                                          

41. Occupational Hearing Loss in Canada                                     

42. Occupational Hearing Loss in the United Kingdom                

43. Evaluating Occupational Hearing Loss: The Value of the AMA’s Guides

to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment

44. Recorded Simulation of Hearing Loss                                     

45. A Plaintiffs’ Attorney’s Perspective on Occupational Hearing Loss                                                                                                 

46. Workers’ Compensation: Presenting Medical Evidence in Hearing Loss Cases                                                                        

Appendix I: Anatomy of the Ear                                                    

Appendix II: Otopathology                                                             

Appendix III: Otosclerosis, Paget’s Disease, and Osteogenesis Imperfecta Involving the Ear                                                          

Appendix IV: Neurofibromatosis                                                   

Appendix V: Hearing Conservation Procedures                            

Appendix VI: Hearing Conservation Program Procedures and Reports                                                                                            

 Index

Über Autor(innen)

Robert Thayer Sataloff is a professor and chair of the Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery at Drexel University College of Medicine. He is a member of the editorial panel for the American Medical Association’s “Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment”.He is also adjunct professor in the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at Thomas Jefferson University, adjunct professor at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, and is on the faculty of the Academy of Vocal Arts. Dr. Sataloff is chairman of the Boards of Directors of the Voice Foundation and of the American Institute for Voice and Ear Research.

Pamela Roehm is Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery at Drexel University College of Medicine, USA. She is also Program Director for St Luke's University Otolaryngology Program.