A Study on the Correlation between Annual Noise Exposure (ANE) and Auditory Attention, as well as Hearing Loss in Military Personnel

Mousavi Kordmiri, Seyed Hojat; Samiei, Sajjad; Rahmati, Fatemeh; Ghasemi, Mohammad

doi:10.30491/ijtmgh.2025.525090.1483

A Study on the Correlation between Annual Noise Exposure (ANE) and Auditory Attention, as well as Hearing Loss in Military Personnel

Document Type : Policy Briefs

Authors

Seyed Hojat Mousavi Kordmiri

Sajjad Samiei

Fatemeh Rahmati

Mohammad Ghasemi

Health Research Center, Lifestyle Institute, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

10.30491/ijtmgh.2025.525090.1483

Abstract

There are various types of noise-generating equipment in the living and working environment of military personnel, which causes auditory and non auditory health problems. In order to assessment of occupational and non occupational noise exposure this study was conducted to investigate the validity and reliability of the Persian version of the noise exposure questionnaire (NEQ) as a unique quantitative tool and also its relationship with auditory attention and hearing loss among military personnel. The results of quantitative face validity, consistency and reproducibility of this questionnaire were confirmed the utility of NEQ as a quick tool to assess the annual noise exposure occupationally and Nonoccupational (routine/occasional). In addition, a direct and significant relationship has been observed between the annual exposure of workers to noise and the increase in hearing threshold in all the investigated frequencies.

Keywords

Noise exposure

Military personnel

Auditory health

Hearing loss