hearing loss Archives - Bite Magazine https://www.bitemagazine.com.au/tag/hearing-loss/ Independent dental news, views and reviews Sun, 10 Aug 2025 23:32:31 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 Hearing loss in the dental profession https://www.bitemagazine.com.au/hearing-loss-in-the-dental-profession/ https://www.bitemagazine.com.au/hearing-loss-in-the-dental-profession/#respond Sun, 10 Aug 2025 23:32:36 +0000 https://www.bitemagazine.com.au/?p=41169 Among dental professionals, hearing loss has been identified as a common condition that needs to be addressed early. By Kerryn Ramsey It is an unfortunate fact that dental professionals are at risk of damaged hearing. A 2023 study from Oxford University found that approximately 82 per cent of dentists and oral health specialists suffer from […]

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]]> https://www.bitemagazine.com.au/hearing-loss-in-the-dental-profession/feed/ 0 Noise pollution in dentistry https://www.bitemagazine.com.au/noise-pollution-in-dentistry/ https://www.bitemagazine.com.au/noise-pollution-in-dentistry/#comments Sun, 19 May 2019 20:26:49 +0000 https://www.bitemagazine.com.au/?p=14476 The issue of noise pollution in the workplace—and possible associated hearing loss— is gaining more attention within the dental profession. John Burfitt reports At first, the sight of the Sydney dentist putting noise plugs into his ears before commencing a standard scale and clean seemed, to this patient, like an overreaction. “The noise from the […]

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