NIHL definition

NIHL means noise induced hearing loss.
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Examples of NIHL in a sentence

  • In a prevalence study of NIHL, 5590 transport workers were recruited from all major transport companies in Hong Kong.3 These included railway workers, underground railway work- ers, bus drivers, crew members of a ferry company, air cargo workers, and other staff from the airport.

  • The tests were conducted by trained technicians; pure tone air conduction hearing thresholds were measured following a standard procedure in accordance with British Standards Institution (BSI) standards.4 Screening test As the first part of the prevalence study on NIHL, workers underwent audiometric screening tests for hearing loss at the worksites, in quiet rooms provided by the companies concerned.

  • Only after obtaining such written permission from AVAX Holdings may NIHL Sub permit any third party to have any access to or use any of the Proprietary Property.

  • In terms of hearing threshold, there are no universally accepted criteria for NIHL, other than a positive history of noise exposure and hearing loss at high frequencies (typically with a “4 KHz dip” in the audiogram).

  • Although low frequency hearing loss is not a characteristic of early NIHL, low frequency background noise in the environments where the screening was performed often exceeded the recom- mended maximum levels by ANSI2 and might have affected the hearing thresholds at lower frequencies more than at higher ones.

  • The typical pattern of NIHL seen on audiograms, known as the “noiseMnotch” is often used to distinguish NIHL from other etiologies such as hearing loss due to solvent exposures.

  • Every year, an estimated $242 million is spent on worker’s compensation for hearing loss disability alone in the U.S.27 Though NIHL is preventable, the effects are irreversible and it remains an important public health concern.

  • Any stamp duty payable on this Agreement will be borne in equal proportions by AVAX Holdings and NIHL Sub.

  • NIHL Sub will pay the contributions referred to in clause 4.2 into bank accounts respectively nominated by AVAX Australia and AVAX Manufacturing for the amounts referred to in clause 4.3.

  • NIHL A Parent’s Code of Conduct As a parent of a young person in the Northern Illinois Hockey League, I will do my part to help respect all participants.

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