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Noise-Induced Hearing Loss

Aka: Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
  1. Epidemiology: Chronic, recurrent, or single severe loud noise exposure
    1. Textile mills
    2. Firearms
    3. Rock concert
    4. Explosion
  2. Signs: Audiometry
    1. Early: Pure tone (notch) loss between 3000-6000 hz
    2. Later: progresses to other frequencies
  3. Management
    1. Refer to Otolaryngology

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