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Prevalence of Tinnitus and Hearing Thresholds of a Non-Noise-Exposed Population with and without Tinnitus
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Jung Wan Koo, Won Chul Lee, Hyunwook Kim, Byeong Chul Choi, Min Hwa Oh, Chung Yill Park
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Korean Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 1999;11(3):323-331. Published online September 30, 1999
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.35371/kjoem.1999.11.3.323
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In order to establish prevalence and characteristics of tinnitus and hearing thresholds according to tinnitus, this study was carried out.
METHODS
Nine hundred and thirty two subjects, undergone human dock or general health check-up and been in college, were surveyed to the questionnaire on the general characteristics, past medical histories, life styles, subjective symptoms about hearing, taking ototoxic drugs and were conducted on the hearing thresholds by pure tone audiometry.
RESULTS
Of the total population, 98 reported tinnitus, giving an overall prevalence of 10.5%, prevalence of tinnitus in the subjects with the factors infuencing hearing thresholds were 17.4 %, prevalence without the factors influencing hearing thresholds were 7.5 %. Frequency of tinnitus of the total population was the highest in 'once per several months'(39.6 %) and followed by' once per several days'(29.7 %), 'all day long'(16.5 %) and' several times per day'(14.3 %). Complaint site of tinnitus was 41.8 % in left ear or right ear 39.6 % in both ear and 18.7 % in head. The 13.6% of the total subjects complained sleep disturbance. Hearing thresholds in the subjects without the factors influencing hearing thresholds tended to increase or decrease in 20 and 30 years old according to tinnitus, but those with, tinnitus tended to increase more than chose without tinnitus in 40 and 50 years old.
CONCLUSIONS
Results also provide evidence that reports of tinnitus at the time of annual audiometric testing may be useful in identifying workers at greater risk for developing significant shifts in hearing thresholds. Awareness of the possible occurrence of tinnitus may encourage worker to cooperate more actively in a company hearing conservation programme.
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Kyoung Ah Kim, Young Lim, Ji Hong Kim, Hwang Sin Chang, Chung Yill Park, Im Goung Yun, Min Hwa Oh
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