High-Frequency Hearing Loss in Male Farmers of Missouri

• Published in: Public health reports (1974) Vol. 98; no. 3; pp. 268 - 273
• Main Authors: J. W. Thelin, D. J. Joseph, Davis, W. E., Baker, D. E., M. C. Hosokawa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, and Health Resources Administration 01.05.1983
• Subjects: Adult; Age groups; Agriculture; Audiometry, Pure-Tone; Auditory perception; Experimental farms; Farm tractors; Functional hearing loss; Hearing conservation; Hearing loss; Hearing Loss - epidemiology; Hearing Loss, High-Frequency - epidemiology; Hearing Loss, High-Frequency - prevention & control; High frequency hearing loss; Humans; Male; Mass Screening; Middle Aged; Missouri; Noise induced hearing loss; Occupational Diseases - epidemiology; Occupational Diseases - prevention & control; Risk; Support personnel; Missouri

Farmers are exposed to noise that is potentially hazardous to hearing. We measured the hearing of 161 male farmers and 75 male nonfarmers at the 1979 Missouri Farmers Association Agri-Fair and compared it with the hearing of 129 office workers from central Missouri. Fixed-level screening tests were...