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Impulse noise exposure in early adulthood accelerates age-related hearing loss

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The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of impulse noise on age-related hearing loss. The study consisted of two groups. Each group contained 109 men. Group I comprised veterans with normal hearing at the end of 1979 sino-vietnamese war. All these veterans were randomly selected from Guangzhou Military Command. Group II were men with no military experience randomly chosen from the health examination center of Guangzhou General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Command. Pure-tone thresholds of these two groups were measured and compared. The pure-tone thresholds of Group I were poorer than those of Group II at the frequencies of 4, 6 and 8 kHz. Thus, impulse noise accelerates age-related hearing loss.

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The authors thank the Military Health Care Office of Guangzhou General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Command for their assistance.

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  1. Department of Otolaryngology, Guangzhou General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Command, Liu Hua Road 111, Guangzhou, 510010, China

    Min Xiong & Jian Wang

  2. Medical Research Center, Guangzhou General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Command, Guangzhou, 510010, China

    Chuanhong Yang & Huangwen Lai

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M. Xiong and C. Yang contributed equally to this work.

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Xiong, M., Yang, C., Lai, H. et al. Impulse noise exposure in early adulthood accelerates age-related hearing loss. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 271, 1351–1354 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-013-2622-x

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