Abstract

(EAR DEP., ST. JOSEPHS HOSPITAL, ODENSE. HEAD: BBRGE LARSEN, M. D.). Weaver’s Deafness.’ By HARALD K. KRISTENSEN, Odense. As a natural continuation of B 0 r g e L a r s e n’s investiga- lions on occupalional deafness in shipyard and machine shop workers, an acoustic investigalion has been carried out within an- other large group of workers exposed to noise in Odense, the wea- vers. Literature on weaver’s deafness is very scanty, particularly so when compared with the overwhelming amount of literature on deafness in steel industry workers. This is not surprising seeing, that the noise in the latter case is much greater than in the weaving mills, so that a noxious effect must be expected to develop much more rapidly and with greater intensity in steel workers. On the other hand, the weavers are better suited for examina- tion purposes in view of a more uniform exposure to noise of a rather uniform character and force whereas shipyard labourers for example are exposed to noise of varying force and character during their working hours. According to T e m k i n, M a 1 j u t i n was the first to describe weaver’s