Medical and social rehabilitation of hearing impairment from occupational noise

Abstract

The article presents the main provisions of medical and social rehabilitation of various hearing disorders caused by industrial noise. Two forms of hearing organ pathology in accordance with ICD-10 are distinguished: 'Adverse effects of industrial noise' - Z57.0 and 'hearing Loss caused by noise' - H83.3. The main methods of drug and non-drug rehabilitation of patients with signs of adverse effects of noise on the hearing organ and medical and social bases of rehabilitation of patients with severe clinical forms of hearing loss from noise are revealed. The basic principles of medical and social expertise in professional hearing loss: determination of the date of establishment and degree of loss of professional capacity for work, the need of the victim in medical, social and professional rehabilitation, recognition of the victim as a disabled person due to occupational disease, the development of the rehabilitation program of the victim in the workplace. References to the main Federal and industry documents of the Ministry of labor and the Ministry of health regulating medical and social rehabilitation are given.