• Proceedings of the KOR-BRONCHOESO Conference
• /
• 1987.05a
• /
• pp.11.2-11
• /
• 1987

1987년 2월 1일 부터 1987년 3월28일까지 본 병원 인공신장실에서 혈액투석요법을 받고 있는 만성 신부전증 환자 20례 (남자 15례, 여자 5례)를 대상으로 2회의 청력검사를 시행하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 1) 만성 신부전증으로 혈액투석요법을 받고 있는 환자 20례 중 7례 (35%)에서 청력손실을 보였다. 2) 연령분포상 20대에서는 2명중 청력손실을 보인 예는 없었으며, 30대는 7명중 1명, 40대는 5명중 4명, 60대는 1명중 1명에서 청력손실을 보였으며 7례 전례가 남자였다. 3) 청력손실의 양상은 전례에서 양측성이며 고음장애형이었다. 4) 임피던스 청력검사상 tympanogram A형이 2귀 였으며 2례(4귀)에서는 acoustic reflex가 나타나지 않았다. 5) 청력손실을 보인 7례중 3례에서 75% 이상의 SISI score를 나타내었고 어음청력검사상 25㏈ 이상의 청력손실을 보인 예는 없었다. 6) 전해질농도와 난청의 정도, 혈액투석회수와 청력손실의 정도에는 유의한 연관이 없었다.

• Proceedings of the KOR-BRONCHOESO Conference
• /
• 1987.05a
• /
• pp.10.1-10
• /
• 1987

표준청각검사와 자기청력검사는 청력역치의 측정으로 난청의 종류를 구별하고 누가현상유무를 판정하며, 사청검사를 할 수 있는 공통점을 갖고 있다. 그러나 표준청력검사는 동일강도의 음을 부여하는 대신 자기청력검사는 음의 증강 및 감약이 계속되는 음을 부여하는 점이 양자의 상이점이다. 이런 차이로 인해 자기청력검사에는 일과성 역치 상승(temporary threshold shift)현상이 일어나 청력 역치가 높을 수 있다. 양자의 역치차가 각 청력군별로 어느 정도차이가 있는가를 관찰할 목적으로 정상청력군 50명 (100이), 전음성 난청군 41명(50이), 감각신경성 난청군 38명(50이)을 대상으로 표준 및 자기청력검사의 기도측정을 실시하여 양 검사의 차를 구하고 그 결과를 다음과 같이 요약하였다. 1) 정상청력군과 전음성 및 감각신경성 난청군 모두 자기역치가 표준역치 보다 높게 측정되는 경향으로 난청군에서 더욱 높게 측정되었다. 그러나 자기역치가 낮은 예도 많았다. 2) 양 검사의 일치범위를 $\pm$10㏈로 하면 정상 청력군은 94%, 전음성 난청군 85%, 감각신경성 난청군 79%에서 양 검사가 일치하였다. 3) 자기역치에서 표준역치를 추정할 수 있는 범위는 정상군에서는 5~-l0 ㏈, 난청군에서는 5~-15 ㏈ 의 변동폭이었다. 4) 양 검사의 역치차가 $\pm$20 ㏈이상인 예도 많아 양 검사는 서로 독립된 검사라고 생각되었다.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
• /
• v.24 no.6
• /
• pp.353-357
• /
• 2005

Declining auditory performance with advanced age is a well known and common problem that is becoming more Prevalent due to the increasing number of elderly people in our society. We introduce a novel ARCISM (Audiogram Result Computer Input. Save & Management software) data management program which enables the assessment of the risk of past history of hearing impairment on the basis of known risk factors. This study investigates the reference levels of pure tone hearing threshold of normal aging in Korean and the difference between fenders. The subjects were carefully selected by questionnaire and absence of any history of otologic infection, noise exposure. and ototoxic drug among 1603 subjects. who visited Health Promotion Center in Daegu Fatima Hospital for one year. The results show (1) hearing sensitivity declines with age. (2) higher frequency shows steeper slope of hearing declines than lower frequency. and (3) there were more hearing loss at 4 and 8 kHz in men than in women. Due to the ARCISM program. it was possible to manage huge data of hearing results and to obtain the reference level of a9e-related hearing declines. Furthermore, we expect that the results of this study can be the fundamental data for hearing rehabilitation for the elderly and for developing suitable hearing aids for Korean.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
• /
• 2009.05a
• /
• pp.234-236
• /
• 2009

종래의 음향기기에서 소리 크기는 각 주파수별로 다른 감도를 갖는 개인의 주파수 청력 특성을 고려하지 않고 모든 주파수에 대하여 동일하게 선형으로 소리 크기를 조절한다. 따라서 감도가 높은 주파수대에서 청력 손상을 일으킨다. 이를 개선하기 위한 표준 청력특성, ISO266:2003 표준을 이용한 평활화 방법이 있지만, 이 표준에 따른 등청감곡선은 여러 사람에 대해 평균한 청력특성이기 때문에 다양한 환경에 의해 변형된 개인별 청력특성에 맞지 않아 청력 손상을 감소시키는 실질적인 효과가 저하되는 문제점이 있다. 본 연구는 사람마다 다른 최소가청한계 특성을 갖는 청각특성과 최대가청한계를 고려하여 소리 크기를 조절함으로써 음향기기에 의한 청각 손상을 감소시키는 방법에 관한 것이다. 컴퓨터 시뮬레이션을 통해 청력 특성이 좋은 대역에서 기존 방법에 비해 보다 낮은 소리 크기에서 불편없이 인지 가능하다는 것을 확인할 수 있었으며, 동시에 과도한 대역별 소리 에너지를 줄여 청각 손상도 방지할 수 있다는 것을 확인할 수 있었다.

• KOREAN ASSOCIATION OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSES
• /
• v.19 no.4
• /
• pp.25-32
• /
• 2012

최근에는 산업장 근로자나 노인에게 주로 발생되던 청력손실이 청소년에까지 점차 확대되면서 청소년의 청력뿐 아니라 청소년의 청력에 영향을 미치는 여러 환경 및 요인에 대한 관심이 고조되고 있다. 그 중 외국어 공부나 음악감상용으로 청소년들 사이에 생활필수품처럼 널리 이용되고 있는 휴대용 카세트가 청소년의 소음성 난청원으로 매우 위험하다는 연구결과가 제시되어 학부모, 교사, 전문가에 의해 청소년 청력상태에 대한 조사와 청력손실을 유발하는 위험요인에 대해 많은 연구가 실시되었다. 청소년기에 취미/오락활동, 가정내 기계 기구, 음악, 교통 등의 소음에 상시적으로 노출될 수 있다. 직업적으로 소음에 노출된 적이 없는 청소년에게서 소음성 난청이 발생할 수 있다는 연구결과가 나오고 있는데, 청소년의 소음성 난청은 큰 소리를 내는 장난감과 개인용 음향기기, 콘서트장, 밴드활동 등의 음악과 관련이 있으며 이외에 모터사이클, 모터 스포츠 등의 레저 활동과 관련이 있다. 이러한 소음은 작업장 소음에 의한 초기 청력손실처럼 3~6 kHz 역의 청력손실을 특징적으로 보여준다. 이 글에서는 주요 취미활동과 관련하여 MP3 등 개인용 음향기기와 헤드셋 착용 근로자의 소음 노출 수준과 이에 따른 청력영향을 살펴보고, 소음저감방법에 대해 알아보고자 한다.

• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
• /
• v.7 no.1
• /
• pp.570-575
• /
• 2021

Since humans live while feeling rich in their five senses, care must be taken not to damage their hearing in order to lead a happy life. Hearing damage suffered in a living environment is common in a partial band where a specific frequency band is first damaged. However, since the initial pain of hearing damage does not appear much, it is difficult to determine the symptoms in the early stages. In this paper, we proposed a high-speed measurement method that can easily and quickly self-measure hearing damage through a simple app. In this method, 9 pure tones compensated for gain for each voice soub-band are alternately heard in both ears, so that one's own hearing damage can be detected at high speed. When 18 tone pulses were heard for 30 seconds per person, 1 out of 12 subjects was identified as suspected of partial hearing damage. And when the test subjects were informed of the hearing determination method for the number of hearings, the participants themselves immediately determined whether their hearing was damaged. This measurement method simply judges the hearing of both ears within 30 seconds with a smart phone, so that hearing measurements that took more than 10 minutes in hospitals are relatively accurate, and it was found that hearing health can be maintained while reducing time and costs.

• 월간산업보건
• /
• s.178
• /
• pp.24-35
• /
• 2003

• Progress in Medical Physics
• /
• v.9 no.4
• /
• pp.217-225
• /
• 1998

In this paper, the analysis of the relation between noise induced hearing loss and noise exposure is described for the A-weighted noise levels and exposure duration. The hearing loss and sensitivity threshold shift is investigated by changing the various parameters such as the effects of aging and noise exposure. Total hearing loss is proportional to a function of exposure level based upon the integral of pressure with time. If the noise exposure term is large so that the presbycusis may be neglected, the hearing loss due to aging and noise exposure becomes the noise induced hearing loss. It is shown that exposure to excessive noise can cause temporary loss of hearing that may become permanent if the exposure is prolonged or intense. An audiogram taken from a person suffering from noise induced hearing loss will usually show the greatest loss of hearing sensitivity in the 4kHz region, which is typically the region most sensitive to damage resulting from many types of industrial noise.

• Proceedings of the KOR-BRONCHOESO Conference
• /
• 1979.05a
• /
• pp.4.4-5
• /
• 1979

The degree of hearing impairment of chronic otitis media will indicate the nature and severity of middle ear pathology especially condition of ossicular chain, size of ear drum perforation and location of granulation tissue in the middle ear cavity. The subjects were 189 ears of tympanoplasty for chronic otitis media and divided into four groups as follows: Normal ossicular chain with only ear drum perforation (group I), normal ossicular chain with granulation tissue only around the ossicles regardless of any other region (group II), ossicular ankylosis or fixation of handle of malleus to promontory with or without granulation tissue around the ossicle (group III) and ossicular interruption by partial or complete destruction(groupf IV). The results were concluded as follows: 1) The average hearing threshold of chronic otitis media was 44.6 dB and hearing threshold was closely related to the condition of ossicular chain. Hearing threshold became greater in order of normal ossicular chain, ankylosis and interruption. 2) The average hearing threshold of ossicular interrupted group was 49.1 dB and it was greater in the cases of total destruction than that of partial destruction. 3) The hearing loss in the cases of normal ossicular chain with only tympanic membrane perforation was within 45 dB and this level was presumed to represent normal ossicular function. The degree of hearing loss was in proportion to the size of ear drum perforation and when over 45 dB, other middle ear pathology was suggested. 4) In the cases of small ear drum perforation with normal ossicular function, the hearing threshold was within 30 dB. 5) In the type of audiogram, flat type was 30.2% and ascending type 35.4%. Descending type was more frequent in the cases of normal ossicular mobility with granulation tissue around the ossicle and flat type was observed frequently in the cases of ossicular ankylosis. 6) Carhart's notch was seen in 14 cases (7.4%) and observed mainly in ossicular ankylosis. 7) There was no relation between hearing threshold and histopathological type of granulation tissue in chronic otitis media. However the degree of hearing impairment was related to the location of granulation tissue in the middle ear cavity. 8) Authors recognized the granulation tissue compensated the function of interrupted ossicular chain.

• Proceedings of the KOR-BRONCHOESO Conference
• /
• 1977.06a
• /
• pp.6.1-6
• /
• 1977

Among the various audiometric test batteries, pure tone and speech audiometry was carried as routine. During the past 20 years, there have been works on speech word list for Korean language. As a preliminary work for standardization of Korean speech word list, the authors are intended to study on the factors of test methods with these proposal speech word lists. Now, authors has studied as followings methods and materials and the results were obtained as followings. A. Materials and Methods a. Word List 1. Paik Chun Kee (Paik) 2. Soh Jin Myoung (Soh) 3. Cynn Kyu Shik (Cynn) 4. Lee Jong Dam (Lee) 5. Hahm Tae Young (Hahm) b. Test Method 1. ascending 2. descending c. Test Material 1. live voice 2. Recorded male voice 3. Recorded female voice B. Results 1. Score of ascending method was better result than descending method. 2. Speech reception threshold and discrimination score were better in recorded female voice, live voice and recorded male voice in that order. 3. Speech reception thresholds among tested word lists were Hahm, Lee, Soh, Cynn and Paik in that order. 4. Discrimination score was highest with Cynn and Lee, Soh, Hahm, Paik in that order.