Hearing levels of a career of dentistry students exposed to environmental noise during practical training

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https://doi.org/10.18041/1900-3803/entramado.1.3259

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Students, odontologia, hipoacusia, ruído

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Dentistry students are exposed to various risks. The environmental noise caused by dental equipment during practical training is one of them. Over time, it can trigger a decrease in hearing ability. O: To determine the hearing levels of a career of dentistry students exposed to environmental noise during practical training, compared with phonoaudiology students, followed in 2015. M: A test of dentistry students and students of another program was conducted. 63 of dentistry and 125 of the other program were evaluated. Signed informed consent was made otoscopy, tympanometry and an audiometry in January 2015 before starting clinical surgery, in June and October. R: The incidenceof hearing loss was presented in the dental students was 23%, the average environmental noise measured during this study of hearing loss was presented in the dental students in the three cuts was 91.3 dB exceeding the permissible limit according to OPS. There is a relationship between the hearing level of the dentistry student and the environmental noise characteristic of clinical and preclinical practices (p = 0.003). No dental student uses a type of acoustic protection while performing clinical practices. C: The Relative Risk of mild hearing loss that is exposed to environmental noise typical of clinical practices in dentistry 2.97 times more than that which is not exposed to noise.

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  • Diego Botero Henao, Universidad Libre, Cali - Colombia

    Magíster en Epidemiología, Odontólogo. Docente Universidad Libre, Cali - Colombia.

  • Alberto Alzate Sánchez, Universidad Libre, Cali - Colombia.

    Médico, Magíster en Salud Pública. Docente Universidad Libre, Cali - Colombia.

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