Hearing Loss – Age Related – Noise Induced

Environmental noise is a common and largely preventable cause of hearing loss in industrialized societies. Hearing loss that is caused by exposure to noise resulting from recreational or nonoccupational activities is termed socioacusis. Hearing loss due to injurious noise at workplace is referred to as occupational noise-induced hearing loss (ONIHL). The term acoustic trauma means the hearing loss due to single exposure to intense sound.