Present Status and Problem of Hearing Screening in General Health Examination
1992 Volume 35 Issue 2 Pages 143-148
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1992 Volume 35 Issue 2 Pages 143-148
The Labor Ministry revised the issues for the general health examination in October, 1989 since the former health examination became unable to cope with remarkable changes in the recent work environment.
In the revised issue, a hearing screening test using 1kHz and 4kHz was made compulsory.
More than two years have passed since this test was implemented, and the test is being place on right track, albeit with some problems. In this paper we report the following items with respect to the present status and problems of this test on the basis of national statistics of the results of this test and surveys on the results of individual examination.
(1) Results of screening test for hearing.
(2) Present situation and problems of measures after test.
(3) Occurrence of noise-induced deafness.
