The relationship between noise-induced hearing loss and cognitive function.

IF 1.4 4区医学 Q4 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI:10.1080/19338244.2023.2174927

Behnaz Rahimian, Sara Jambarsang, Amir Houshang Mehrparvar

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Abstract

Introduction: NIHL may affect some domains of cognitive function. This study was conducted to assess the relationship between NIHL and working memory, attention and response time.

Materials and methods: This was a cross-sectional study on 154 textile workers with exposure to noise higher than 85dBA in a textile factory. The participants were divided into two groups: with and without NIHL and some domains of cognitive function were compared between two groups. Wechsler working memory test and Stroop color-word test were used to measure working memory, selective attention and response time. Data were analyzed by SPSS (ver. 24) using student's T test, and multiple linear regression model.

Results: Totally, 154 workers entered the study (77 with NIHL and 77 without NIHL). All participants were males. Working memory score and response time were higher and interference score was lower in NIHL group, although only the difference in working memory was significant. Due to the significant difference of age and work history between case and control groups, cognitive parameters were compared between two groups after adjusting for these two variables, but the significance was not changed.

Conclusion: This study showed that noised-exposed middle-aged males with NIHL had probably a lower working memory span than their counterparts without NIHL.

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噪声性听力损失与认知功能的关系。

NIHL可能影响某些领域的认知功能。本研究旨在探讨NIHL与工作记忆、注意力和反应时间的关系。材料和方法:本研究是对某纺织厂154名接触噪声高于85dBA的纺织工人进行的横断面研究。将参与者分为两组:有和没有NIHL，并比较两组在一些认知功能领域的差异。采用Wechsler工作记忆测验和Stroop颜色字测验测量工作记忆、选择性注意和反应时间。数据采用SPSS统计软件进行分析。24)采用学生T检验，并建立多元线性回归模型。结果:共有154名工人进入研究，其中77名患有NIHL, 77名没有NIHL。所有的参与者都是男性。NIHL组工作记忆得分和反应时间得分较高，干扰得分较低，但只有工作记忆得分差异有统计学意义。由于病例组和对照组在年龄和工作经历方面存在显著差异，在对这两个变量进行调整后，对两组的认知参数进行比较，但显著性不变。结论:噪声暴露的中年男性NIHL患者的工作记忆广度可能低于非NIHL组。

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Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health 环境科学-公共卫生、环境卫生与职业卫生

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3.70

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>36 weeks

期刊介绍： Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health , originally founded in 1919 as the Journal of Industrial Hygiene, and perhaps most well-known as the Archives of Environmental Health, reports, integrates, and consolidates the latest research, both nationally and internationally, from fields germane to environmental health, including epidemiology, toxicology, exposure assessment, modeling and biostatistics, risk science and biochemistry. Publishing new research based on the most rigorous methods and discussion to put this work in perspective for public health, public policy, and sustainability, the Archives addresses such topics of current concern as health significance of chemical exposure, toxic waste, new and old energy technologies, industrial processes, and the environmental causation of disease such as neurotoxicity, birth defects, cancer, and chronic degenerative diseases. For more than 90 years, this noted journal has provided objective documentation of the effects of environmental agents on human and, in some cases, animal populations and information of practical importance on which decisions are based.