Biosensors Journal
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Editorial

Recent Developments on Noise Induced Hearing Loss for Military and Industrial Applications

Jun Qin^1*, Yuhao Jiang² and Ali Mahdi¹

¹Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901, USA

²Department of Engineering and Physics, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK 73034, USA

Corresponding Author:

Jun Qin
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, IL 62901, USA
Tel: (618)453-3460
E-mail: jqin@siu.edu

Received October 16, 2014; Accepted October 16, 2014; Published October 21, 2014

Citation: Qin J, Jiang Y, Mahdi A (2014) Recent Developments on Noise Induced Hearing Loss for Military and Industrial Applications. Biosens J 3:e101. doi:

Copyright: © 2014 Qin J, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Noise induced hearing loss (NIHL) is a problem that affects many people throughout the world. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), exposure to excessive noise is the major avoidable cause of permanent hearing loss worldwide. In the United States, NIHL is one of most common occupational related diseases. It is estimated that 16.1% of adults or about 29 million Americans have some type of hearing loss within the speech frequency range. This number seems to be on the rise since about 30 million Americans are currently exposed to noise every day in their jobs. Hearing loss has been shown to lower the quality of life, impair social interactions, cause isolation, and can cause loss of cognitive function