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  • Title: Effects of sound preconditioning on hearing loss from low or middle-frequency noise exposure.
    Author: Liu YG, He YJ, Li DD, Zheng SX, Niu CM.
    Journal: Space Med Med Eng (Beijing); 2000 Oct; 13(5):313-7. PubMed ID: 11894866.
    Abstract:
    Objective. To explore prior noise exposures or sound conditioning as a moderator of hearing loss produced by traumatic exposure to low or middle-frequency noise. Method. Two experimental groups of guinea-pigs were conditioned using a 0.5 kHz octave band noise (OBN) at 85 dB, 6 h/d for 4 d. The subjects were allowed to recover for 3 d after conditioning. Then the first group was exposed to a 0.5 kHz OBN at 110 dB for 1 h, the second group was exposed to 1 kHz OBN at 110 dB for 1 h. Two control groups received 0.5 kHz and 1 kHz OBN respectively at 110 dB for 1 h without prior sound conditioning. Result. Hearing threshold shifts recorded at 48 h after the high-level noise exposure in conditioned groups and control groups demonstrated that conditioning provided significant protection on hearing threshold shift from low or middle frequency noise exposure. Histological examination revealed significantly less hair cell loss in the conditioned than in the control groups. In addition, malondialdehyde (MDA) levels in red blood cell (RBC) of conditioned groups were significantly lower as compared with that of the control groups. Conclusion. Low-frequency conditioning provided significant protection not only on hearing threshold shift caused by noise of the same frequency, but also on that caused by middle frequency noise.
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