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Dental Professionals Occupational Noise Exposure And Its Auditory And Non-Auditory Effects, Alexis Frees
Dental Professionals Occupational Noise Exposure And Its Auditory And Non-Auditory Effects, Alexis Frees
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The purpose of this study was to assess noise exposure and its auditory and non-auditory effects on workers in five clinical departments in the School of Dental Medicine at Rutgers Biomedical Health Sciences Campus in Newark, New Jersey. The study included environmental noise level measurement, dental instrument sound level measurement, personal noise dosimetry and a questionnaire survey to assess non-auditory effects. Octave band analysis of environmental noise levels showed that they are slightly above the standard noise criteria for clinics, and measurements from six dental instruments confirm that they contribute higher sound pressure levels at the frequencies of 1000, 2000, …