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Exposition maternelle au bruit et déficience auditive chez l’enfant* Volume 15, issue 6, November-December 2016

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* This news is based on the following article: Selander J, Albin M, Rosenhall U, Rylander L, Lewné M, Gustavsson P. Maternal occupational exposure to noise during pregnancy and hearing dysfunction in children: a nationwide prospective cohort study in Sweden. Environ Health Perspect 2016; 124: 855-60. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1509874

This first large-scale epidemiological study suggests that occupational noise exposure during pregnancy is a risk factor for hearing dysfunction in offspring. More detailed studies are needed, particularly to determine threshold values and the period of fetal development during which noise exposure is most harmful.