On certain issues related to chronic exposure to occupational noise and impacts exerted by it on workers’ bodies (literature review)

View or download the full article: 
PDF icon health-risk-analysis-2021-1-19.pdf
UDC: 
613.6.027
DOI: 
10.21668/health.risk/2021.1.19.eng
Authors: 

V.F. Spirin, A.M. Starshov

Organization: 

Saratov Hygiene Medical Research Center of the Federal Scientific Center for Medical and Preventive Health Risk Management Technologies, 1a Zarechnaya Str., Saratov, 410022, Russian Federation

Abstract: 

Chronic exposure to noise becomes especially significant when it occurs at workplaces since it results not only in deteriorated life quality of workers but also in disorders in their occupational activities. Occupational sensorineural hearing loss (SHL) holds the 1st rank place among occupational diseases caused by exposure to industrial physical factors. As any other work-related disease, sensorineural hearing loss makes it more difficult to preserve labor resources in the country and leads to significant economic losses. Given that, it is extremely vital to develop procedures for early diagnostics, to determine all possible risks that cause hearing loss directly or indirectly, and to create efficient prevention activities aimed at preserving health of workers exposed to noise at their workplaces.
We reviewed literature data published over the last 5–7 years and analyzed more than 100 scientific works on the matter. Our review covers data from 61 sources that are the most relevant regarding tasks we aimed to solve in this research.
Literature analysis allowed us to conclude that hearing loss caused by chronic exposure to noise at a workplace was a rather significant problem outlined by occupational medicine experts all over the world. It was shown that noise factor, apart from its direct impacts on the acoustic apparatus, produced apparent negative effects on many organs and systems causing various functional disorders in them which could directly or indirectly exacerbate hearing loss in workers.

Keywords: 
in-plant noise, vibration, sensorineural hearing loss, prevalence, occupational hygiene, risk factors, primary hypertension, life quality, smoking, alimentary factor
Spirin V.F., Starshov A.M. On certain issues related to chronic exposure to occupational noise and impacts exerted by it on workers’ bodies (literature review). Health Risk Analysis, 2021, no. 1, pp. 186–196. DOI: 10.21668/health.risk/2021.1.19.eng
References: 
  1. Zheglova A.V. Personalized occupational risk and longevity. Meditsina truda i promyshlennaya ekologiya, 2019, vol. 59, no. 9 – С. 627–628 (in Russian).
  2. Li X., Rong X., Wang Z., Lin A. Association between Smoking and noise-induced Hearing Loss: Meta-Analysis of Observational Stadies. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 2020, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 1201. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17041201
  3. Kim K.S. Occupational Hearing Loss in Korea. J. Korean Med Sci, 2010, vol. 25, pp. 62–69. DОI: 10.3346/jkms.2010/25.S62
  4. Bukhtiyarov I.V., Izmerov N.F., Tikhonova G.I., Churanova A.N., Gorchakova T.Yu., Bryleva M.S., Krutko A.A. Work conditions as a risk factor mortality increase in able-bodied population. Meditsina truda i promyshlennaya ekologiya, 2017, no. 8, pp. 43–49 (in Russian).
  5. Popova A.Yu., Zaitseva N.V., Onishchenko G.G., Kleyn S.V., Glukhikh M.V., Kamaltdinov M.R. Social and economic determinants and potential for growth in life expectancy of the population in the Russian Federation taking into account regional differentiation. Health Risk Analysis, 2020, no. 1, pp. 4–17. DOI: 10.21668/health.risk/2020.1.01.eng
  6. Valeeva E.T., Bakirov A.B., Shaikhlislamova E.R. About the reasons of low detection of occupational diseases in the republic of Bashkortostan. Meditsina truda i promyshlennaya ekologiya, 2019, vol. 59, no. 9, pp. 578–579 (in Russian).
  7. Panova I.V., Lashina E.L., Pakseeva V.S. The results of periodic medical examinations in the central Federal district 2016–2018. Meditsina truda i promyshlennaya ekologiya, 2019, vol. 59, no. 9, pp. 716 (in Russian).
  8. Panova I.V., Chernov O.E., Pfaff V.F. Mandatory medical examinations as a method of prevention. Meditsina truda i promyshlennaya ekologiya, 2019, vol. 59, no. 9, pp. 717 (in Russian).
  9. Pankova V.B., Vil'k M.F., Daikhes N.A. Hearing loss from noise exposure is an urgent problem of occupational medicine. Meditsina truda i promyshlennaya ekologiya, 2019, vol. 59, no. 9, pp. 713–714 (in Russian).
  10. Atamanchuk A.A., Kabanova T.G. Difficulties in diagnosis of occupational diseases in Russia. Meditsina truda i promyshlennaya ekologiya, 2017, no. 9, pp. 11–12 (in Russian).
  11. Berkheeva Z.M. Problems of providing occupational health care to employees of agro-industrial complex. Meditsina truda i promyshlennaya ekologiya, 2019, vol. 59, no. 9, pp. 567–568 (in Russian).
  12. Gazizov O.M., Amanbekova A.U. Professional sensorineural hearing loss in coal miners. Meditsina truda i promyshlennaya ekologiya, 2019, vol. 59, no. 9, pp. 594–595 (in Russian).
  13. Tikhonova I.V. The role of performing and periodical profound medical examinations in the development prevention of occupational hearing disorders. Byulleten' VSNTs SO RAMN, 2005, no. 2 (40), pp. 92–94 (in Russian).
  14. Adeninskaya E.E., Simonova N.I., Mazitova N.N., Nizyaeva I.V. The principles of noise induced hearing loss diagnostics in modern Russia (systematic review). Vestnik sovremennoi klinicheskoi meditsiny, 2017, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 48–55 (in Russian).
  15. Chebotarev A.G., Bulgakova N.V., Khakimova O.O. Gigienicheskaya otsenka shuma i patologii organa slukha u rabochikh gorno-metallurgicheskikh predpriyatii [Hygienic assessment of noise and acoustic apparatus pathologies among workers employed at mining and metallurgical enterprises]. Gornaya promyshlennost', 2017, no. 2, (132), pp. 64–66 (in Russian).
  16. Professional'nye zabolevaniya [Occupational diseases]. In: N.F. Izmerov [et al.] eds. Moscow, 1996, vol. 1, 336 p. (in Russian).
  17. Garipova R.V., Safina K.R., Nigmatullina G.R. Structure of occupational morbidity of employees of a large machine-building enterprise. Meditsina truda i promyshlennaya ekologiya, 2019, vol. 59, no. 9, pp. 596–597 (in Russian).
  18. Fedina I.N., Preobrazhenskaya E.A. Features of noise-induced hearing loss in modern conditions. Meditsina truda i promyshlennaya ekologiya, 2017, no. 9, pp. 200–201 (in Russian).
  19. Trofimova K.I., Gibadulina I.Yu., Bulgakova M.V. Pharmacotherapy for combined cardiovascular pathology and occupational neurosensory deafness in workers exposed to noise. Meditsina truda i promyshlennaya ekologiya, 2017, no. 9, pp. 194–195 (in Russian).
  20. Bezrukova G.A., Novikova T.A., Shalashova M.A. The role of vibro-acoustic factor in formation of occupational morbidity of agricultural workers. Meditsina truda i promyshlennaya ekologiya, 2017, no. 9, pp. 22–23 (in Russian).
  21. Vil'k M.F., Pankova V.B., Kaptsov V.A. Traffic noise as a risk factor for occupational deafness (exemplified by air and railway transport). Meditsina truda i promyshlennaya ekologiya, 2017, no. 9, pp. 36–37 (in Russian).
  22. Tyurin A.V., Vyal'tsina N.E., Kulbaisov A.M. Occupational morbidity in the Orenburg region. Meditsina truda i promyshlennaya ekologiya, 2019, vol. 59, no. 9, pp. 780–781 (in Russian).
  23. Romeiko V.L., Ivleva G.P. Hygienic assessment of acoustic load on flight crew members of civil aircrafts. Meditsina truda i promyshlennaya ekologiya, 2017, no. 9, pp. 161 (in Russian).
  24. Adeninskaya E.E., Simonova N.I., Savel'ev A.A., Mukharamova S.S. Auditory threshold raising dependence on production risk factors in air crew members. Vestnik sovremennoi klinicheskoi meditsiny, 2018, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 17–22 (in Russian).
  25. Pankova V.B., Fedina I.N., Volgareva A.D. Professional'naya neirosensornaya tugoukhost': diagnostika, profilaktika, ekspertiza trudosposobnosti [Occupational sensorineural hearing loss: diagnostics, prevention, and working capacity examination]. In: I.A. Doikhes ed. Moscow, Izdatel'sko-torgovaya korporatsiya «Dashkov i Ko» Publ., 2017, 330 p. (in Russian).
  26. Volgareva A.D., Karimov L.K., Bakirov A.B., Shaikhlislamova E.R., Gimranova G.G., Muldasheva N.A., Chudkovets G.M., Gazizova N.R., Faizullina G.N. Relevant problems of early diagnosis of neuro-sensor hearing loss in petrochemical workers. Meditsina truda i ekologiya cheloveka, 2019, no. 1, pp. 5–10 (in Russian).
  27. Pankova V.B., Fedina I.N., Bomshtein N.G., Volokhov L.L., Serebryakov P.V. The modern principles of rehabilitation of hearing disorders in workers of noise occupations. Zdravookhranenie Rossiiskoi Federatsii, 2018, vol. 62, no. 3, pp. 147–151 (in Russian).
  28. Ereniev S.I., Plotnikova O.V. Adaptive potential of the circulatory system in patients with vibration disease and sensorineural hearing loss. Meditsina truda i ekologiya cheloveka, 2019, vol. 59, no. 9, pp. 623–624 (in Russian).
  29. Luzhetskii K.P.., Ustinova O.Yu., S.V. Kleyn, Koshurnikov D.N., Vekovshinina S.A., Chigvintsev V.M. Peculiarities of production-related diseases in miners employed at deep mining of chromic ores. Meditsina truda i promyshlennaya ekologiya, 2018, no. 10, pp. 12–16 (in Russian).
  30. Popova O.A., Goncharova I.G., Kartysheva S.I. Problems auditory fatigue and auditory adaptation in children and adolescents. Materialy V Vserossiiskoi konferentsii «Novoi shkole – zdorovye deti», 2018, pp. 130–132 (in Russian).
  31. Dawes P., Fortnum H., Moore D.R., Emsley R., Norman P., Cruickshanks K., Devis A. [et al.]. Hearing in middle age: a population snapshot of 40–69 year old in the UK. Ear Hear, 2014, vol. 35, no. 3, pp. е44–е51. DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000010
  32. Churkin D.V., Lastkov D.O., Antropova O.S. Evaluation of the expression of hearing disorders in participants of a local military conflict with preceding work experience in conditions of production noise. Meditsina v Kuzbasse, 2018, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 9–14 (in Russian).
  33. Vasil'eva I.N., Bespalov V.G., Zinkin V.N. Low-frequency noise as a hazard increasing occurrence of chromosomal aberrations and promoting cell death. Meditsina truda i promyshlennaya ekologiya, 2017, no. 3, pp. 22–26 (in Russian).
  34. Prokopenko L.V., Kravchenko O.K., Kur'erov N.N. Problems of regulation for noise and vibration influence on automobile drivers and prevention measures. Meditsina truda i promyshlennaya ekologiya, 2017, no. 9, pp. 158–159 (in Russian).
  35. Concha-Barrientos M., Camobell-Lendrum D., Steenlend H. Occupational noise: assessing the burden of disease from work-related hearing impairment at national and local levels. WHO Enviromental Burden of Diseases Series. Geneva, World Health Organization Publ., 2004, no. 9, pp. 41 (in Russian).
  36. Vasyutkina D.I. Proizvodstvennyi shum i ego vliyanie na organism cheloveka [In-plant noise and its impacts on a human body]. Vestnik BGTU im. V.G. Shukhova, 2013, no. 1, pp. 125–128 (in Russian).
  37. Denisov E.I., Chesalin P.V. Nonspecific effects of noise expo-sure. Gigiena i sanitariya, 2007, no. 6, pp. 54–57 (in Russian).
  38. Bazarova E.L., Fedoruk A.A., Roslaya N.A., Osherov I.S., Babenko A.G. Assessment of occupational risk caused by noise exposure in workers at metallurgical plant subunits under modernization. Meditsina truda i promyshlennaya ekologiya, 2019, vol. 59, no. 3, pp. 142–148 (in Russian).
  39. Ereniev S.I. Plotnikov O.V. Biological age and rates of aging of patients with vibration disease and bilateral sensorineural hearing loss. Meditsina truda i promyshlennaya ekologiya, 2019, vol. 59, no. 9, pp. 624–625 (in Russian).
  40. Klimova M.G., Khristoforova N.K. Physical influence of noise on drivers health. Vestnik RUDN. Seriya: Ekologiya i bezopasnost' zhiznedeyatel'nosti, 2012, no. 1, pp. 38–46 (in Russian).
  41. Nosov A.E., Baidina A.S., Vlasov E.M., Alekseev V.B. Analysis of the heart rate variability in cardiac abnormalities in workers employed in oil production. Gigiena i sanitariya, 2016, vol. 95, no. 1, pp. 41–45 (in Russian).
  42. Melent'ev A.V., Serebryakov P.V., Shcheglova A.V. Influence of noise and vibration on nervous regulation of heart. Meditsina truda i promyshlennaya ekologiya, 2018, no. 9, pp. 19–23 (in Russian).
  43. Popov M.N. Vascular factor in development of professional neurotouch relative deafness. Rossiiskaya otorinolaringologiya, 2014, no. 1 (68), pp. 182–183 (in Russian).
  44. Melent'ev A.V., Serebryakov P.V. The role of physical factors of the working environment in the formation of arterial hypertension. Meditsina truda i promyshlennaya ekologiya, 2019, vol. 59, no. 9, pp. 692–693 (in Russian).
  45. Izmerov N.F., Bukhtiyarov I.V., Ermakova M.A., Shpagina A.A. Features of hemostasis system and vascular epithelium growth factor in arterial hypertension with high occupational risk. Meditsina truda i promyshlennaya ekologiya, 2014, no. 3, pp. 1–6 (in Russian).
  46. Preobrazhenskaya E.A., Sukhova A.V., Izmailova O.A. Clinical and functional state of cardiovascular system in workers exposed to noise and vibration. Meditsina truda i promyshlennaya ekologiya, 2017, no. 9, pp. 158 (in Russian).
  47. Tiunova M.I., Vlasova E.M., Nosov A.E., Ustinova O.Yu. Influence of industrial noise on the development of arterial hypertension in workers of metallurgical manufactures. Meditsina truda i promyshlennaya ekologiya, 2020, vol. 60, no. 4, pp. 264–267 (in Russian).
  48. Atamanchuk A.A., Dmitruk L.I., Gorenkov R.V. The role of adverse occupational factors in the formation of hypertension in workers. Meditsina truda i promyshlennaya ekologiya, 2019, vol. 59, no. 9, pp. 546–547 (in Russian).
  49. Fedina I.N., Serebryakov P.V., Smolyakova I.V., Melent'ev A.V. Evaluation of arterial hypertension risk under exposure to noise and chemical occupational hazards. Meditsina truda i promyshlennaya ekologiya, 2017, no. 2, pp. 21–26 (in Russian).
  50. Zemlyanova M.A., Zaitseva N.V., Kir'yanov D.A., Shlyapnikov D.M., Lebedeva T.M. Biomarkers of work-related endothelial dysfunction in employees of ore-dressing production occupied in conditions of long-term noise exposure. Gigiena i sanitariya, 2017, vol. 96, no. 1, pp. 56–62 (in Russian).
  51. Li X., Dong Q., Wang B., Songan H., Zhu B. The Influence of Occupational Noise Exposure on Cardiovascular and Hearing Conditions among Industrial Workers. Sci. Rep, 2019, vol. 9, pp. 11524. DOI: 10.1038/541598-019-47901-2
  52. Eselevich S.A., Balunov V.D., Kolesnikova V.A. Principles of formation of risk groups among employees at the enterprise in the Leningrad region. Meditsina truda i promyshlennaya ekologiya, 2019, vol. 59, no. 9, pp. 625–626 (in Russian).
  53. Pfaf V.F., Gorokhova S.G., Luzina K.E., Yanushkina E.S., Prigorovskaya T.S., Muraseeva E.V., Dragin S.P., At'kov A.Yu. Occupational deafness in workers of locomotive crew and its association with risk factors. Meditsina truda i promyshlennaya ekologiya, 2016, no. 2, pp. 33–37 (in Russian).
  54. Wang B., Han L., Dai S., Li X., Cai W., Yang D., Chen L., Wang N., Zhu B., Zhang J. Hearing Loss Characteristics of Workers with Hypertension Exposed to Occupational Noise: A Cross-Sectional Study of 270,033 Participants. Hindawi BioMed Research International, 2018, vol. 2018, pp. 7. DOI: 10.1155/2018/8541638
  55. Сiuman R.R. Stria vascularis and vestibular dark cells: characterization of main structures responsible for homeostasis, and their pathophysiological relations. The Journal of Laryngology & Otology, 2009, vol. 123, no. 2, pp. 151–162. DOI: 10.1017/S0022215108002624
  56. Lapko I.V., Kir'yakov V.A., Pavlovskaya N.A., Zheglova A.V., Oshkoderov O.A. The impact of physical factors on the complex neurohormonal regulation of workers in mining and engineering. Sanitarnyi vrach, 2015, no. 2, pp. 9–15 (in Russian).
  57. Dobie R.A. The burdens of age-related and occupational noise-induced hearing loss in the United States. Ear Hear, 2008, vol. 29, no. 4, pp. 565–577. DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e31817349ec
  58. Kim T.S., Chung J.W. Associations of Dietary Riboflavin, Niacin, and Retinol with Age-related Hearing Loss; An Analysis of Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Data. Nutrients, 2019, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 896. DOI: 10.3390/nu11040896
  59. Spankovich C., Li Prell C.G. Healthy diets, healthy hearing: National health and nutrition examination survey, 1999–2002. Int. J. Audiol, 2013, vol. 52, no. 6, pp. 369–376. DOI: 10.3109/14992027.2013.780133
Received: 
06.11.2020
Accepted: 
03.03.2021
Published: 
30.03.2021

You are here

Home