Exposure to Organic Solvent Mixture and Hearing Loss: Literature Overview

Śliwińska-Kowalska, Mariola

doi:10.2478/v10001-007-0032-2

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“…16,17 Diesel also contains organic solvents that have been shown to affect hearing. [18][19][20] Therefore, workers who are involved in vector control are at higher risk of developing NIHL because of exposure to noise and ototoxic chemicals.…”

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Noise-Induced Hearing Loss and Associated Factors Among Vector Control Workers in a Malaysian State

Masilamani

Rasib

Darus

et al. 2012

Asia Pac J Public Health

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This study aims to determine the prevalence and associated factors of noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) among vector control workers in the state of Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. This was an analytical cross-sectional study conducted on 181 vector control workers who were working in district health offices in a state in Malaysia. Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire and audiometry. Prevalence of NIHL was 26% among this group of workers. NIHL was significantly associated with the age-group of 40 years and older, length of service of 10 or more years, current occupational noise exposure, listening to loud music, history of firearms use, and history of mumps/measles infection. Following logistic regression, age of more than 40 years and noise exposure in current occupation were associated with NIHL with an odds ratio of 3.45 (95% confidence interval = 1.68-7.07) and 6.87 (95% confidence interval = 1.54-30.69), respectively, among this group of vector control workers.

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Noise-Induced Hearing Loss and Associated Factors Among Vector Control Workers in a Malaysian State

Masilamani

Rasib

Darus

et al. 2012

Asia Pac J Public Health

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“…Organic solvents are widely used in the production of shoes, furniture, dyes, adhesives, plastic, rubber, and in electronic and printing industries (8). Chemical industry is the third largest industry in Europe, employing about 1.7 million workers (9). The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) estimated that 9.8 million US workers were exposed to organic solvents in the fi rst half of the 1970s.…”

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Combined Effects of Ototoxic Solvents and Noise on Hearing in Automobile Plant Workers in Iran

Mohammadi

Labbafinejad

Attarchi

2010

Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology

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Exposure of workers to mixtures of organic solvents and to occupational noise is frequent in a number of industries. Recent studies suggest that exposure to both can cause a more severe hearing loss than exposure to noise alone. Our cross-sectional study included 411 workers of a large automobile plant divided in three groups. The fi rst group included assembly workers exposed to noise alone; the second included workers in a new paint shop, who were exposed to a mixture of organic solvents at a permissible level; and the third group included paint shop workers exposed to both noise and higher than permissible levels of organic solvents in an old paint shop. These groups were compared in terms of low-frequency hearing loss (model 1; average hearing threshold >25 dB at 0.5 kHz, 1 kHz, and 2 kHz) and high-frequency hearing loss (model 2; average hearing threshold >25 dB at 3 kHz, 4 kHz, 6 kHz, and 8 kHz). High-frequency hearing loss was more common in workers exposed to a combination of noise and mixed organic solvents even at permissible levels than in workers exposed to noise alone even after correction for confounding variables. This study shows that combined exposure to mixed organic solvents and occupational noise can exacerbate hearing loss in workers. Therefore, an appropriate hearing protection programme is recommended, that would include short-interval audiometric examinations and effi cient hearing protectors.

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“…A ototoxicidade acomete os expostos ao tolueno, mesmo que em pequenas concentrações, podendo causar lesões às células ciliadas da cóclea e provocar perda auditiva irreversível (Juárez-Pérez et al, 2014;Schäper et al, 2008;Sliwinska-Kowalska, 2007). Além disso, solventes orgânicos, como o tolueno, podem causar prejuízos às estruturas vestibulares, como utrículo, sáculo e canais semicirculares (Hsu et al, 2015), ao processamento auditivo e às estruturas retrococleares (Gopal, 2008).…”

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Impacto da exposição ao ruído e tolueno na audição de trabalhadores de uma indústria do ramo de calçados

Araújo¹,

Silva²,

Batista

et al. 2022

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Introdução: O ruído pode trazer consigo outros fatores agravantes, como o tolueno, no ambiente ocupacional. Estudos sugerem que a exposição concomitante a ambos os agentes pode causar alterações auditivas mais severas, do que a apenas um deles. Objetivo: Investigar o impacto da exposição ao ruído e tolueno na saúde auditiva de trabalhadores de uma indústria do ramo de calçados e materiais esportivos. Método: Foram analisados os dados audiométricos de 729 trabalhadores de uma indústria calçadista e de materiais esportivos, que possui Programa de Prevenção de Perdas Auditivas (PPPA) implantado e em execução, com três grupos de trabalhadores: (1) expostos ao ruído e ao tolueno, (2) expostos apenas ao ruído e (3) não expostos. Realizou-se cruzamento entre as variáveis, tipo e tempo de exposição aos agentes e sexo. O estudo foi aprovado pelo Comitê de Ética do Hospital Universitário Lauro Wanderley sob parecer nº 2.164.722. Resultados: Não foi encontrada relação estatisticamente significativa entre a média dos limiares auditivos e os grupos estudados. Entre os trabalhadores expostos, houve correlação positiva, porém desprezível, entre o tempo e os limiares auditivos, sendo este último significativamente maior, nos indivíduos do sexo masculino. Conclusão: Na indústria estudada, não foram identificadas diferenças significativas na audição de trabalhadores expostos apenas a ruído, expostos a ruído e tolueno e não expostos.

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Exposure to Organic Solvent Mixture and Hearing Loss: Literature Overview

Cited by 18 publications

References 11 publications

Noise-Induced Hearing Loss and Associated Factors Among Vector Control Workers in a Malaysian State

Noise-Induced Hearing Loss and Associated Factors Among Vector Control Workers in a Malaysian State

Combined Effects of Ototoxic Solvents and Noise on Hearing in Automobile Plant Workers in Iran

Impacto da exposição ao ruído e tolueno na audição de trabalhadores de uma indústria do ramo de calçados

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