Journal of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Volume. 42, Issue 7, 775(2025)

Implement national strategic requirements, and carry out research on epidemiological characteristics of occupational noise-induced hearing loss and associated key prevention and control technologies

ZHANG Meibian* and LI Yang
Author Affiliations
  • National Institute for Occupational Health and Poison Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China
  • show less

    Occupational noise-induced hearing loss (ONIHL) is a global public health problem; occupational noise deafness is the second most prevalent occupational disease in China. A China-contextualized ONIHL prevention and control system has not yet established. In this issue, the column "Noise kurtosis adjustment and prevention and control of occupational hearing loss" introduced a preliminary study on developing a statistical distribution table of hearing threshold deviation values for otologically normal Chinese population, revealed the role of C-weighted kurtosis in assessing occupational hearing loss, and put forward the effect threshold of kurtosis for occupational hearing loss caused by non-steady noise. The adjustment terms and adjustment coefficients of the kurtosis-adjusted equivalent sound level estimated by nonlinear regression were explored, and the research progress on epidemiological characteristics of ONIHL based on temporal structure (kurtosis), theoretical research, and key technologies for prevention and control and their applications in China were outlined. Research suggestions were proposed regarding theoretical research, mechanism research, technology creation, cohort study, and standard formulation and revision.

    Tools

    Get Citation

    Copy Citation Text

    ZHANG Meibian, LI Yang. Implement national strategic requirements, and carry out research on epidemiological characteristics of occupational noise-induced hearing loss and associated key prevention and control technologies[J]. Journal of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, 2025, 42(7): 775

    Download Citation

    EndNote(RIS)BibTexPlain Text
    Save article for my favorites
    Paper Information

    Category:

    Received: May. 4, 2025

    Accepted: Aug. 25, 2025

    Published Online: Aug. 25, 2025

    The Author Email: ZHANG Meibian (zhangmb@niohp.chinacdc.cn)

    DOI:10.11836/jeom25194

    Topics