Oštećenje sluha u dentalnoj medicini

master's thesis

• Title (english): Hearing impairment in dental medicine
• Author: Maria Starčević
• Mentor: Robert Trotić (mentor)
• Committee member: Robert Trotić (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Marin Vodanović (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Ivica Pelivan (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; School of Dental Medicine; (Chair of Otorhynolaringology); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2020-07-15, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE; Dental Medicine

Abstract

Oštećenja i gubitak sluha neke su od značajnih profesionalnih bolesti koje se pojavljuju kod
doktora dentalne medicine. Između ostalih profesionalnih bolesti i bolesti vezanih uz rad, koje
najčešće uključuju mišićno-koštane poremećaje izazvane dugotrajnim stajanjem ili nefiziološkim
položajem tijela, stomatolozi se moraju boriti i s visokim rizikom za oštećenje sluha. S obzirom
na to da ovi zdravstveni djelatnici svakodnevno na radnom mjestu borave u relativno bučnom
okruženju, nije neobično da se kod njih tijekom života mogu pojaviti raznovrsni oblici gubitka
sluha; šumovi, pulzacijske vibracije u uhu, nagluhost i poteškoće u razabiranju riječi sugovornika
u bučnom okruženju i ostalo. Istraživanja su pokazala da otprilike jedna trećina stomatologa pati
od neke vrste gubitka ili oštećenja sluha koje povezuju s profesionalnom djelatnošću. Kako bi se
ovo spriječilo, potrebno je na radnom mjestu koristiti pomagala za zaštitu od buke. Budući da
stomatolog tijekom zahvata komunicira s pacijentom i u svakom trenutku ga iz opravdanih
razloga mora moći čuti, većina zanemaruje štetnost buke i žrtvuje svoj sluh kako bi olakšali tu
komunikaciju. Vrijeme provedeno na poslu vrlo često nadmašuje dozvoljenu granicu izloženosti
buci, kako bi se na vrijeme odradili svi zadaci koji se od ove struke zahtijevaju. Svrha ovog rada
je približiti problematiku gubitka i oštećenja sluha u ovoj profesiji, osvijestiti postojanje
neugodnih, dugoročnih posljedica na sluh i generalno zdravlje pojedinca te prikazati načine
zaštite od buke u svakodnevnom radu

Abstract (english)

Impairment and hearing loss are significant occupational diseases that occur in dentists. Among
other occupational and work-related diseases, mostly musculoskeletal disorders caused by
prolonged standing or unphysiological posture, dentists also face a high risk of hearing loss.
Since the professionals are exposed to relatively noisy environment in the workplace on daily
basis, hearing loss can occur throughout their working life: tinnitus, pulsating vibrations in the
ear, deafness and difficulties understanding the words of the interlocutor in a noisy environment,
etc. Surveys have shown that approximately one-third of dentists suffer from some type of
hearing loss or impairment connected to professional activities. In order to prevent this, it is
necessary to use hearing protection products at work. Dentists are supposed to communicate with
their patients during the procedure and to be able to hear them at any time for understandable
reasons. Therefore most of them ignore the harmfulness of noise and sacrifice their hearing in
order to facilitate their communication with patients. Working hours often excede the noise
exposure limits in order to complete all the tasks that are required from them. The purpose of this
paper is to raise awareness of this problematic occupational disease, i. e. hearing loss, as well as
the existence of unpleasant long-term consequences for hearing and general health of the
individual, and to demonstrate hearing protection devices in everyday work.

• Keywords: gubitak sluha; stomatolozi; profesionalne bolesti
• Keywords (english): Hearing Loss; Dentists; Occupational diseases
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:127:036095
• Study programme: Title: dental medicine; Study programme type: university; Study level: integrated undergraduate and graduate; Academic / professional title: doktor/doktorica dentalne medicine (doktor/doktorica dentalne medicine)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2021-01-18 12:45:22