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Prevalence of Hazardous Occupational Noise Exposure, Hearing Loss, and Hearing Protection Usage Among a Representative Sample of Working Canadians by Feder, Katya, Michaud, David, McNamee, James, Fitzpatrick, Elizabeth, Davies, Hugh, Leroux, Tony

“…The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of hearing loss (HL), self-reported occupational noise exposure, and hearing protection usage among…”
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ICBEN review of research on the biological effects of noise 2011-2014 by Basner, Mathias, Brink, Mark, Bristow, Abigail, de Kluizenaar, Yvonne, Finegold, Lawrence, Hong, Jiyoung, Janssen, Sabine, Klaeboe, Ronny, Leroux, Tony, Liebl, Andreas, Matsui, Toshihito, Schwela, Dieter, Sliwinska-Kowalska, Mariola, Sörqvist, Patrik

“…The mandate of the International Commission on Biological Effects of Noise (ICBEN) is to promote a high level of scientific research concerning all aspects of…”
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Sensory Reweighting for Postural Control in Older Adults with Age-Related Hearing Loss by Behtani, Lydia, Paromov, Daniel, Moïn-Darbari, Karina, Houde, Marie-Soleil, Bacon, Benoit Antoine, Maheu, Maxime, Leroux, Tony, Champoux, François

“…There is growing evidence linking hearing impairments and the deterioration of postural stability in older adults. To our knowledge, however, no study to date…”
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Bone anchored hearing aid in single sided deafness: Outcome in right-handed patients by Saliba, Issam, Nader, Marc-Elie, Fata, Fouad El, Leroux, Tony

“…Abstract Objective To assess the benefits in terms of sound localization, to evaluate speech discrimination in noise, to appraise the prosthesis benefit and to…”
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Combined Exposures: An update from the International comission on biological effects of noise by Leroux, Tony, Klaeboe, Ronny

“…International Commission on Biological Effects of Noise (ICBEN) Team 8 deals with the effects of combined "agents" in the urban and work place settings…”
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Noise as an explanatory factor in work-related fatality reports by Deshaies, Pierre, Martin, Richard, Belzile, Danny, Fortier, Pauline, Laroche, Chantal, Leroux, Tony, Nélisse, Hugues, Girard, Serge-André, Arcand, Robert, Poulin, Maurice, Picard, Michel

“…Noise exposure in the workplace is a common reality in Québec, Canada as it is elsewhere. However, the extent to which noise acts as a causal or contributive…”
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Perception of the Quality of Life of Tobacco Growers Exposed to Pesticides: Emphasis on Health, Hearing, and Working Conditions by Cazé, Ana Maria de Barros, Lacerda, Adriana Bender Moreira de, Lüders, Débora, Conto, Juliana De, Marques, Jair, Leroux, Tony

“…Abstract Introduction  Tobacco farming exposes workers to various health risks due to the high application of pesticides needed to control pests, weeds and…”
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Mieux comprendre les capacités auditives pour soutenir la mobilité dans l’environnement sonore complexe de la ville by Leroux, Tony

“…On néglige souvent l’apport de l’audition dans l’appréciation de l’environnement. Que ce soit pour la perception de la distance des sources sonores, la…”
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Comparison of land use regression and random forests models on estimating noise levels in five Canadian cities by Liu, Ying, Goudreau, Sophie, Oiamo, Tor, Rainham, Daniel, Hatzopoulou, Marianne, Chen, Hong, Davies, Hugh, Tremblay, Mathieu, Johnson, James, Bockstael, Annelies, Leroux, Tony, Smargiassi, Audrey

“…Chronic exposure to environment noise is associated with sleep disturbance and cardiovascular diseases. Assessment of population exposed to environmental noise…”
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Supra-threshold deficits in normal hearing military recruits exposed to impulse noise by Pinsonnault-Skvarenina, Alexis, Soucy, William, Noël, Jonathan, Doucet, Félicia, Lévesque, Élise, Fuente, Adrian, Leroux, Tony

“…The aim of this study was to determine the effect of impulse noise exposure on various proxy measures of cochlear synaptopathy in young military recruits. A…”
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Construction of a large road infrastructure in a metropolitan area; what can the analysis of community complaints to noise tell us? by Pinsonnault-Skvarenina, Alexis, Guay, Véronique, Leblanc-Guindon, Renaud, Carrier, Mathieu, Bockstael, Annelies, Gagné, Jean-Pierre, Leroux, Tony

“…Few studies have investigated the association between noise complaints and construction noise. Reviewing complaint data could help better understand community…”
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Exploring the effects of a repair strategies training program among children with auditory processing disorder: A pilot study by Fortin, Sandra, Plante, Susan, McMahon-Morin, Paméla, Rezzonico, Stefano, Rioux, Eve Julie, Paquet, Marianne, Leroux, Tony, Jutras, Benoît

“…Children with hearing loss, as well as those with auditory processing disorder (APD), experience more communication difficulties than their normal-hearing…”
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Perception of noise mitigation approaches along a major highway construction site by Pinsonnault-Skvarenina, Alexis, Carrier, Mathieu, Bockstael, Annelies, Gagné, Jean-Pierre, Leroux, Tony

“…The aim of this study was to describe the perception and satisfaction of mitigation measures along the construction site of a major urban highway, and to…”
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Personal and situational variables associated with wind turbine noise annoyance by Michaud, David S., Keith, Stephen E., Feder, Katya, Voicescu, Sonia A., Marro, Leonora, Than, John, Guay, Mireille, Bower, Tara, Denning, Allison, Lavigne, Eric, Whelan, Chantal, Janssen, Sabine A., Leroux, Tony, van den Berg, Frits

“…The possibility that wind turbine noise (WTN) affects human health remains controversial. The current analysis presents results related to WTN annoyance…”
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Occupational noise exposure and noise-induced hearing loss are associated with work-related injuries leading to admission to hospital by Girard, Serge-André, Leroux, Tony, Courteau, Marilene, Picard, Michel, Turcotte, Fernand, Richer, Olivier

“…This study focuses on work-related injuries that required admission to hospital in a population of male workers exposed to occupational noise (≥80 dBA) which…”
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Predictors of noise annoyance from construction of a large metropolitan highway project by Pinsonnault-Skvarenina, Alexis, Carrier, Mathieu, Manolache, Dana-Elena, Bockstael, Annelies, Gagné, Jean-Pierre, Leroux, Tony

“…•29% of exposed participants report high annoyance from construction noise.•Participants did not seem to differentiate between construction and traffic…”
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Wind turbine sound pressure level calculations at dwellings by Keith, Stephen E., Feder, Katya, Voicescu, Sonia A., Soukhovtsev, Victor, Denning, Allison, Tsang, Jason, Broner, Norm, Leroux, Tony, Richarz, Werner, van den Berg, Frits

“…This paper provides calculations of outdoor sound pressure levels (SPLs) at dwellings for 10 wind turbine models, to support Health Canada's Community Noise…”
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Combined exposures: an update from the International Commission on Biological Effects of Noise by Leroux, Tony, Klaeboe, Ronny

“…International Commission on Biological Effects of Noise (ICBEN) Team 8 deals with the effects of combined "agents" in the urban and work place settings…”
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Validation of a French (Québec) version of the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory by Bolduc, Daniel, Désilets, France, Tardif, Mireille, Leroux, Tony

“…Abstract Objective: To assess the psychometric properties of the Quebec French translation of the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI-FQ). Design: The original…”
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Association of work-related accidents with noise exposure in the workplace and noise-induced hearing loss based on the experience of some 240,000 person-years of observation by Picard, Michel, Girard, Serge André, Simard, Marc, Larocque, Richard, Leroux, Tony, Turcotte, Fernand

“…This retrospective study explores the association between occupational noise exposure at the time of hearing tests, permanent noise-induced hearing loss and…”
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