2012
Environmental Cadmium and Lead Exposures and Hearing Loss in U.S. Adults: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999 to 2004
Choi Y, Hu H, Mukherjee B, Miller J, Park S. Environmental Cadmium and Lead Exposures and Hearing Loss in U.S. Adults: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999 to 2004. Environmental Health Perspectives 2012, 120: 1544-1550. PMID: 22851306, PMCID: PMC3556613, DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1104863.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Health and Nutrition Examination SurveyPure-tone averageHealth and Nutrition Examination SurveyHearing lossNutrition Examination SurveyExamination SurveyU.S. adultsRisk factorsGeneral populationU.S. general populationBlood cadmiumHearing thresholdsNonoccupational noiseHearing abilityLow-level exposure to cadmiumLead exposureYears of ageClinical risk factorsU.S. populationExamination componentsEnvironmental cadmiumEpidemiological studiesHearingAnalyzed dataAdults
2011
Occupational noise exposure assessment using O*NET and its application to a study of hearing loss in the US general population
Choi Y, Hu H, Tak S, Mukherjee B, Park S. Occupational noise exposure assessment using O*NET and its application to a study of hearing loss in the US general population. Occupational And Environmental Medicine 2011, 69: 176. PMID: 21725070, PMCID: PMC3277688, DOI: 10.1136/oem.2011.064758.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Health and Nutrition Examination SurveyPure-tone averageHearing lossNoise scoresGeneral populationStudy of hearing lossNoise-induced health effectsHealth and Nutrition Examination SurveyNutrition Examination SurveyNoise exposure assessmentUS general populationNoise exposure dataLogistic regression modelsHearing thresholdsOccupational noiseExamination SurveyExposure to soundExposure assessmentPotential confoundersEpidemiological researchScore quintilesQuintileAssessment toolOccupational categoriesEpidemiological evidence
2010
Cumulative lead exposure and age-related hearing loss: The VA Normative Aging Study
Park S, Elmarsafawy S, Mukherjee B, Spiro A, Vokonas P, Nie H, Weisskopf M, Schwartz J, Hu H. Cumulative lead exposure and age-related hearing loss: The VA Normative Aging Study. Hearing Research 2010, 269: 48-55. PMID: 20638461, PMCID: PMC2934752, DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2010.07.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAge-related hearing lossPure-tone averagePatella lead levelsCumulative lead exposureHearing lossHearing thresholdsNormative Aging StudyAssociated with poorer hearing thresholdsOdds of hearing lossAir conduction hearing thresholdsAssociated with hearing lossConduction hearing thresholdsPoorer hearing thresholdsAging StudyDevelopment of age-related hearing lossReduction of lead exposureVA Normative Aging StudyCross-sectional analysisLead exposureOccupational noiseHearing abilityK X-ray fluorescencePotential confoundersEpidemiological researchLead levels