Peroperative Drill-Generated Noise Levels in Ear Surgery
- 1 January 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Acta Oto-Laryngologica
- Vol. 87 (3-6) , 458-460
- https://doi.org/10.3109/00016487909126451
Abstract
A simple technique for the measuring of sound intensities produced by drilling in ear surgery is presented. In 6 patients the sound level from drilling in the mastoid exceeded 100 dBA. The drilling device should be so designed as to avoid acoustic trauma. Furthermore, a surgical technique should be selected, which minimizes the noise levels and duration of exposure as far as is possible.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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