The Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, and the Department of Audiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
Int J Audiol. 2010 Apr;49(4):317-25. doi: 10.3109/14992020903431280.
The aim of the study was to estimate the prevalence of the exposure to ototraumatic factors and auditory symptoms, and to analyse the relations between these factors in a group of young healthy men. A total of 839 men, 19-22 years old, were recruited for the study when reporting for primary military service. A questionnaire was distributed and audiometry was performed. The prevalence of tinnitus, sensitivity to noise, and measured hearing impairment in the study group was 23.2%, 15.5%, and 14.5% respectively. Exposure to occupational noise often was reported by 21.4%, and playing loud music often by 16.5%. The young men who had experienced tinnitus after noise exposure had an elevated risk of high frequency hearing impairment, tinnitus, and sensitivity to noise. Those who played loud music had elevated prevalence values of tinnitus but not of hearing impairment. In this young group we observed high prevalence values of ototraumatic factors and auditory symptoms. We also observed significant correlations between tinnitus after noise exposure, self-assessed hearing symptoms, and hearing impairment.
本研究旨在评估一组年轻健康男性接触耳创伤因素和听觉症状的流行情况，并分析这些因素之间的关系。共有 839 名 19-22 岁的男性在兵役初检时被招募参加研究。研究组的耳鸣、噪声敏感和测量听力损伤的患病率分别为 23.2%、15.5%和 14.5%。经常接触职业噪声的比例为 21.4%，经常大声播放音乐的比例为 16.5%。有噪声暴露后耳鸣经历的年轻人高频听力损伤、耳鸣和噪声敏感的风险增加。那些经常大声播放音乐的人耳鸣的患病率升高，但听力损伤的患病率没有升高。在这个年轻人群中，我们观察到耳创伤因素和听觉症状的高患病率。我们还观察到噪声暴露后耳鸣、自我评估听力症状和听力损伤之间存在显著相关性。
