Does listening to the whir of a dental handpiece all day lead to hearing problems for dentists?
This is the focus of research being conducted by a doctoral student at East Tennessee State University, according to an Associated Press (AP) story.
Krisztina Bucsi Johnson received $5,000 in funding from the National Hearing Conservation Association Foundation and is recruiting area dentists for the research, the AP reported.
The study will be done at dental offices, where Johnson will measure the dentist's hearing before the start of the day and at the end, according to the story.
