TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 58. Occupational Hearing Loss A1 - Gates, George A. A1 - Clark, William W. A2 - Lalwani, Anil K. PY - 2012 T2 - CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment in Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery, 3e AB - The hearing mechanism, being very sensitive to sound stimuli, is also very susceptible to injury. Many workplaces are hazardous to hearing health due to exposure to (1) noise, (2) physical trauma, and/or (3) toxic materials. Each of these elements comprises a separate subchapter in this review. The majority of the review is focused on noise damage as it is far and away the most prevalent type of occupational auditory injury. The final section discusses some medicolegal aspects of occupational hearing loss. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=55772196 ER -