ABSTRACT
The device Transair-01 was used for transcranial electrostimulation (three courses) in 83 patients with occupational hypoacusis caused by intensive noise. The acoustic function examination with speech and pure tone threshold audiometry showed hearing improvement in the majority of the patients, especially in mild and moderate hypoacusis. Hearing improved by one degree.
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Electric Stimulation Therapy/methods , Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced/therapy , Occupational Diseases/therapy , Electric Stimulation Therapy/instrumentation , Humans , Treatment OutcomeABSTRACT
Noise at work impairs hearing with consequent occupational neurosensory deafness and general health disorders. Transcranial electric stimulation betters hearing and improves the workers' general state.
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Electric Stimulation Therapy/methods , Hearing Loss, Sensorineural/therapy , Occupational Diseases/therapy , Adult , Hearing Loss, Sensorineural/diagnosis , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Occupational Diseases/diagnosis , SkullABSTRACT
Established was the influence of neuroemotional stress on the health state of atomic-powered ice-breaker sailors working in Arctic autonomous navigation. No specific factors (ionizing radiation) were found.
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Health Status , Ice , Nuclear Reactors , Ships , Humans , Naval Medicine , Occupational Diseases/epidemiology , USSR/epidemiologyABSTRACT
Correlation of cerebral hemodynamic disorders, levels of arterial pressure and degree of hearing loss was examined by means of calibrometry of retina vessels in 318 mechanical engineering workers exposed to intensive industrial noise. Workers with hearing impairments had higher rates of arterial hypertension than those with preserved hearing. Circulatory disorders in the cerebral microvascular system were detected both for elevated and normal arterial pressure and they were caused primarily by arteriole hypertonus. As the hearing analyzer function decreased, the trend to the reduction of tone disorders appeared.