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    Effectiveness of hearing protectors for the prevention of hearing loss in workers exposed to noise
    (Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener, 2019-04-07) Candiotti Guzman, Cynthia Fiorella; Tintaya Puma, Sandra; Glenni Garay, Zarely Zabeli
    The academic work is a Systematic Review that synthesizes the results of multiple investigations. The search was restricted to articles with full text submitted to a critical reading, using the GRADE system to assign the strength of recommendation. In the final selection, 10 articles were chosen, finding that 20% (02) of the total articles correspond to Spain. , another 20% (02) corresponds to Chile, 20% (02) more to Brazil, while 10% (01) corresponds to Mexico, another 10% (01) to Colombia, 10% (1) to Paraguay and finally another 10% (01) corresponds to the United Kingdom. These are mostly descriptive (40%), followed by quasi-experimental studies (30%), systematic review (10%), pre-experimental studies (10%), cohorts (10%), where of the total articles analyzed 90% affirm that hearing protectors are effective in preventing hearing loss, while 10% affirm that there is no significant information that supports the idea of ​​better attenuation with the use of hearing protectors. The conclusion of this review is that hearing protectors are effective in preventing hearing loss in workers exposed to noise; There are also factors that can alter its effectiveness, such as the correct use of hearing protectors by the worker and training.