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American Journal of Epidemiology Advance Access published online on December 15, 2005
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American Journal of Epidemiology Copyright © 2005 by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health All rights reserved; printed in U.S.A.
Received May 15, 2005
Accepted September 22, 2005

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Exposure to Loud Noise and Risk of Acoustic Neuroma

Colin G. Edwards 1 *, Judith A. Schwartzbaum 2, Stefan Lönn 3, Anders Ahlbom 3, and Maria Feychting 3

1 Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2 Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; Division of Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
3 Division of Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
Colin G. Edwards, E-mail: colin.edwards{at}osumc.edu


  Abstract

Exposure to occupational loud noise has been previously identified as a possible risk factor for acoustic neuroma in only one relatively small (n = 86 cases) case-control study of men. The goal of the present study was to further examine the role of loud noise in acoustic neuroma etiology. In their population-based case-control study of both sexes conducted from 1999 to 2002 in Sweden, the authors compared reports on type and duration of occupational and nonoccupational loud noise exposure of 146 acoustic neuroma cases and 564 controls. Controls were randomly selected from the study base and were frequency matched on age, sex, and residential area. The authors found that individuals reporting loud noise exposure from any source were at increased risk for acoustic neuroma (odds ratio (OR) = 1.55, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.04, 2.30). Exposure to loud noise from machines, power tools, and/or construction increased the risk for acoustic neuroma (OR = 1.79, 95% CI: 1.11, 2.89), as did exposure to loud music (OR = 2.25, 95% CI: 1.20, 4.23). The odds ratio for a latency period of 13 or more years since the first loud noise exposure from any source was 2.12 (95% CI: 1.40, 3.20). The findings of an increased risk of acoustic neuroma with loud noise exposure support previous research.

Keywords: case-control studies; neuroma, acoustic; noise; risk factors.
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