Hearing loss and the high speed dental handpiece
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11030728 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Howard H Zubick, A T Tolentino, Anagélica Tolentino, Joseph W Boffa (0000-0003-0027-0935), J Boffa |
| Year | 1980 |
| Volume | 70 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 633-635 |
| Publication date | 1980-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.70.6.633 |
| PMID | 6990802 |
| OpenAlex | W2022397564 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 8 |
A pure tone air conduction audiometric evaluation was administered to 137 dentists and 80 physicians. The physicians were found to have better hearing threshold levels, notably in the 4000HZ center frequency range. The left ear of right handed dentists showed a greater loss of hearing ostensibly related to proximity to the noise source. Dental specialists showed a loss pattern similar to those of the general dentists. The findings suggest that there may be a cause and effect relationship between hearing loss and use of the highspeed dental handpiece
Audiology · Auditory fatigue · Hearing loss · Noise (video) · Noise exposure · Noise-induced hearing loss · Pure tone · Dental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques · Dental Radiography and Imaging · Dental Research and COVID-19 · Dentistry · Medicine
| Citations per year | 0.4 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2022 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |