Hearing loss among high school farm students

Bibliographic Data

ID11028822
AuthorsSteven K Broste (Marshfield Clinic), Devon Hansen (0000-0003-4156-7778), D A Hansen, R L Strand, Richard Strand, Dean Stueland, D T Stueland
Year1989
Volume79
Issue5
Pages619-622
Publication date1989-05-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.79.5.619
PMID2784948
OpenAlexW2063682942
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited6

To study the prevalence of hearing loss among teen-aged farm children in central Wisconsin, audiometric threshold testing of 872 vocational agriculture students was carried out over a three-year period. The results indicate an increased prevalence of hearing loss among students actively involved in farm work, as compared to their peers not involved in farm work. Findings also suggest that use of hearing protection may reduce the risk of hearing loss among students who work on the farm, although few students report the use of such devices. These data also suggest that the hearing loss often observed in adult farmers may begin in childhood

Agriculture · Audiology · Environmental health · Geography · Hearing loss · Pedagogy · Vocational education · Work (physics) · Agriculture and Farm Safety · Engineering · Medicine · Noise Effects and Management · Psychology

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