NOISESCAN- AN EXPERT SYSTEM FOR INDIVIDUAL HEARING PRESERVATION

©Jukka Starck, Esko Toppila

Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland

Ilmari Pyykkö

Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

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Notes:

The development of the data base and the expert program, NoiseScan, begun approximately 10 years ago. The system is designed to utilize our earlier, as well on-going study results on risk factors that are known to increase individual susceptibility to the development of noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL).