Occupational noise-induced hearing loss in Dutch dental practitioners

Occupational noise-induced hearing loss in Dutch dental practitioners - NIHL in dentists

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON41906

Enrollment

398

Registered

2014-12-22

Start date

2015-04-22

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-04-23

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Conditions

hearing impairment Noise-induced hearing loss

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Age

18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Graduate dentists and health care professionals Working in general practice in the Netherlands Age 20 to 70 Native speaker of the Dutch language

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Language problems General disorders or use of medication that are known for influencing the hearing sensitivity Extensive exposure from leisure activities

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Test results (SRT scores) will be analysed for descriptive statistics.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Secondary study parameters that will be studied are sex, age, handedness, duration of working activity, use of loud dental equipment and subjective judgment about the personal hearing ability and complaints about hearing. The exposure to recreational noise and the use of hearing protection devices (HPDs) will be inventoried as potential bias factors. Furthermore the BOC test results will be compared to the outcomes of the pure-tone audiometry, at least for the participants with a positive test result on the BOC.	—

Measure

Time frame

Secondary study parameters that will be studied are sex, age, handedness, duration of working activity, use of loud dental equipment and subjective judgment about the personal hearing ability and complaints about hearing. The exposure to recreational noise and the use of hearing protection devices (HPDs) will be inventoried as potential bias factors. Furthermore the BOC test results will be compared to the outcomes of the pure-tone audiometry, at least for the participants with a positive test result on the BOC.

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Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results