Environmental Hazards

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NOISE pollution — or unwanted sound — has only recently been considered a community hazard. Recent population studies have suggested that hearing loss, formerly thought to be a hazard of aviators and boilermakers, occurs with age (presbycusis) after lifetime exposure to noise at the community level. That severe noise exposure causes socially incapacitating hearing loss is well accepted. What has passed unnoticed is that many noise levels encountered in the community exceed standards found injurious in industry.Population studies in the United States show progressive loss of hearing with age. The type of hearing loss is similar to that seen . . .

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