Edmonds C, Freeman P
Med J Aust. 1985 Nov 11;143(10):446-8. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1985.tb123134.x.
Permanent hearing loss of the sensorineural type has been demonstrated to be an occupational hazard of professional SCUBA divers. An audiometric survey was performed on a group of professional abalone divers, all of whom had experienced excessive exposure to dysbaric conditions. The results of this survey revealed that, even allowing for the very liberal requirements of the Australian Standard for divers, over 60% had unacceptable sensorineural, high frequency deafness. In half these cases deafness was unilateral, and in half bilateral. Making allowance for age, two-thirds had hearing loss to a degree which is compensable, according to the method of the National Acoustic Laboratories (1974) for determining proportional loss of hearing.
永久性感音神经性听力损失已被证明是专业水肺潜水员的职业危害。对一组职业鲍鱼潜水员进行了听力测试，他们都曾过度暴露于高压环境。这项调查结果显示，即使考虑到澳大利亚潜水员标准的宽松要求，超过60%的人患有不可接受的感音神经性高频听力损失。在这些病例中，一半是单侧耳聋，一半是双侧耳聋。考虑到年龄因素，根据国家声学实验室（1974年）确定听力损失比例的方法，三分之二的人听力损失程度可获赔偿。
