ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Current issues of the occupational sensorineural hearing loss evaluation in airline pilots
1 Izmerov Research Institute of Occupational Health, Moscow, Russia
2 Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Moscow, Russia
3 Russian Scientific Research Institute of Railway Hygiene, Moscow, Russia
4 National Medical Research Center for Otorlaryngology of Federal Medical Biological Agency, Moscow, Russia
5 Russian Medical Academy of Continuous Professional Education, Moscow, Russia
Correspondence should be addressed: Vera B. Pankova
Pakgauznoye shosse, 1, korp. 1, Moscow, 125438, Russia; ur.gjiinv@avoknap
Author contribution: Bukhtiyarov IV — study concept, scientific management, discussion and data analysis; Pankova VB — scientific management, statement of the goal and objectives of the study, forensic evaluations, expert solutions, discussion and analysis of definitive diagnosis, manuscript writing; Fedina IN — forensic evaluations, expert solutions, discussion and analysis of definitive diagnosis, manuscript writing; Daikhes NA — study concept, scientific management, discussion and data analysis; Bomshtein NG — forensic evaluations, expert solutions, discussion and analysis of definitive diagnosis, manuscript writing.
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