66
Views
26
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Article

Risk of Noise-Induced Hearing Loss following Exposure to Chinese Firecrackers

Pages 333-343 | Received 23 Feb 1993, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

References

  • Smoorenburg GF. Kans op gehoorschade door vuurwerk. 1978–11, (in Dutch), TNO Institute for Perception, Soesterberg Report IZF
  • Smoorenburg GF, Mimpen AM, Pols LCW. Geluiddrukniveaus rondom 18 vuurwapens en maxima voor het aantal schoten ter voorkoming van gehoorbeschadigingen. 1978–2, (in Dutch), TNO Institute for Perception, Soesterberg Report IZF
  • Medical Research Council Institute of Hearing Research. Damage to hearing arising from leisure noise. Br J Audiol 1986; 20: 157–164
  • Gupta D, Vishwakarma SK. Toy weapons and firecrackers: A source of hearing loss. Laryngoscope 1989; 99: 330–334
  • Gjævenes K, Moseng J, Nordahl T. Hearing loss in children caused by the impulsive noise of Chinese crackers. Scand Audiol 1974; 3: 153–156
  • Rytzner B, Rytzner C. Schoolchildren and noise. Scand Audiol 1981; 10: 213–216
  • Weber HJ, McGovern FJ, Zink D. An evaluation of 1,000 children with hearing loss. J Speech Hearing Dis 1967; 32: 343–354
  • Ward WD, Glorig A. A case of firecracker-induced hearing loss. Laryngoscope 1961; 71: 1590–1596
  • Axelsson A, Hamernik RP. Acute acoustic trauma. Acta Otolaryngol (Stockh) 1987; 104: 225–233
  • Tinnitus Conference. Bordeaux. August, 1991
  • Bach W, Daniels A, Dickinson L, Hertlein F, Morrow J, Margolis S, Dinh Dinh V. Fireworks pollution and health. Int J Environmental Studies 1975; 7: 183–192
  • Vos J, Smoorenburg GF. Penalty for impulse noise, derived from annoyance ratings for impulse noise and road-traffic sounds. J Acoust Soc Am 1985; 77: 193–201
  • Vos J. On the level dependent penalty for impulse sound. J Acoust Soc Am 1990; 88: 883–893
  • Gjævenes K. Measurements on the impulsive noise from crackers and toy firearms. J Acoust Soc Am 1965; 39: 403–404
  • Maglieri DJ, Henderson HR. Noise from aerial bursts of fireworks. J Acoust Soc Am 1973; 54: 1224–1227
  • Dieroff HG. Soziakusis und Impulslärm. HNO-Praxis 1976; 4: 494–499
  • Montandon A. Traumatismes acoustiques et pétards de fête. Med Hyg 1978; 36: 3366–3368
  • Smoorenburg GF. Damage-risk criteria for impulse noise;. New Perspectives on Noise Induced Hearing Loss, RP Hamernik, D Henderson, R Salvi. Raven Press, New York 1982; 471–490
  • Smoorenburg GF. Hearing handicap assessment for speech perception using pure tone audiometry; in Noise as a Public Health Problem, New Advances in Noise Research. Swedish Council for Building Research, Stockholm 1990; vol 4: 245–254, pt 1
  • Smoorenburg GF. Speech reception in quiet and in noisy conditions by individuals with noise-induced hearing loss in relation to their tone audiograms. J Acoust Soc Am 1992; 91: 421–437
  • Coles RRA, Garinther GR, Hodge DC, Rice CG. Hazardous exposure to impulse noise. J Acoust Soc Am 1968; 43: 336–343
  • CHABA, Committee on Hearing, Bioacoustics and Biomechanics, Working Group 57. Proposed Damage-Risk Criterion for Impulse Noise (Gunfire). National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council, USA, Washington DC 1968
  • Pfander F. Das Knalltrauma. Springer, Berlin 1975
  • Pfander F, Bongartz H, Brinkmann H, Kietz H. Danger of auditory impairment from impulse noise: A comparative study of the CHABA damage-risk criterion and those of the Federal Republic of Germany. J Acoust Soc Am 1980; 67: 628–633
  • NATO Research Study Group 6/Panel 8/AC 243/Chairman GF Smoorenburg. Effects of impulse noise. NATO Doc. 1987, AC/243(Panel 8/ RSG.6)D/9 (unclassified)
  • Loeb M, Fletcher JL. Impulse duration and temporary threshold shift. J Acoust Soc Am 1968; 44: 1524–1528

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.