10Diseases of the ear or mastoid process
Diseases of inner ear
AB37
category
Noise effects on inner ear
Definition Noise toxicity can cause hearing loss, either transient or permanent, and impairment. Noise-induced hearing loss typically begins in the high-pitched frequency range of human voices communication.
Inclusions
Noise-induced hearing loss
Also indexed as
Noise effects on inner ear Noise-induced hearing loss acoustic trauma boilermaker's deafness noise induced deafness
Nearby in Diseases of inner ear
International Classification of Diseases, Eleventh Revision (ICD-11), World Health Organization (WHO) 2019/2021, https://icd.who.int/browse11. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 3.0 IGO (CC BY-ND 3.0 IGO).
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