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Medical debates and musical interpretations of vibroacoustic disease in Vieques, Puerto Rico

INTER-NOISE and NOISE-CON Congress and Conference Proceedings, 2021
In 2001 the band Cornucopia (Puerto Rican musicians Jorge Castro and Claudio Chea) released an album called "Vibroacústica". The title refers to a disease that allegedly afflicts people who have been exposed to loud noise over long periods of time.
Alejandra Bronfman
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The vibroacoustic disease--an emerging pathology.

Aviation, space, and environmental medicine, 1999
Vibroacoustic disease (VAD) is the clinical manifestation of a systemic disease that develops after long-term exposure to noise (> or = 10 yr) which is characterized by large pressure amplitude (> or = 90 dB SPL) within the lower frequency bands (< or = 500 Hz). Noisy environments produce more widespread systemic effects than initially suspected.
N A Castelo Branco, Edinson Dante Meregildo-Rodríguez   +1 more
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Vibroacoustic disease: some forensic aspects.

Aviation, space, and environmental medicine, 1999
Vibroacoustic disease (VAD) is an insidious environmental entity caused by occupational exposure to large pressure amplitude and low frequency (LPALF) noise (> or = 90 dB SPL, < or = 500 Hz). Significant disabilities may result, and issues of worker's compensation should be openly discussed and settled.
N A Castelo Branco, Elynn Rodriguez, Mariana Alves‐Pereira, David R. Jones   +3 more
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The human pericardium in vibroacoustic disease.

Aviation, space, and environmental medicine, 1999
One of the main features of vibroacoustic disease (VAD) is the proliferation of the extra-cellular matrix which induces cardiovascular morphological and dynamic changes, and has been evaluated through echo-Doppler. While all subjects exposed to large pressure amplitude (> or =90 dB SPL) and low frequency (< or =500 Hz) (LPALF) for at least 15 yr have ...
Nuno A.A. Castelo Branco, Artur P. Águas, António Sousa Pereira, Eliseu Monteiro, José Fragata, Fernanda Tavares Da Silva, Nuno Grande   +6 more
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The clinical stages of vibroacoustic disease.

Aviation, space, and environmental medicine, 1999
Vibroacoustic disease (VAD) is an occupational disease occurring in susceptible workers who have had long-term exposure (> or = 10 yr) to large pressure amplitude (> or =90 dB SPL) and low frequency noise (< or = 500 Hz). The clinical progression is insidious, and lesions are found in many systems throughout the body.
N A Castelo Branco
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Neurological aspects of vibroacoustic disease.

Aviation, space, and environmental medicine, 1999
Mood and behavioral abnormalities are the most common early findings related to vibroacoustic disease (VAD). Other signs and symptoms have been observed in VAD patients. Brain MRI discloses small multifocal lesions in about 50% of subjects with more than 10 yr of occupational exposure to large pressure amplitude (> or = 90 dB SPL) and low frequency ...
A. J. F. Martinho Pimenta, Nuno A.A. Castelo Branco   +1 more
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Balance disturbances in individuals with vibroacoustic disease.

Aviation, space, and environmental medicine, 1999
In previous studies, patients with vibroacoustic disease (VAD) presented hyperintense foci in T2 of the cerebral white matter, brainstem and basal nuclei. The most probable etiology is ischemia. One of the most frequent complaints of these patients is balance disturbances which, in two cases, has threatened the patients' ability to maintain their jobs.
A. J. F. Martinho Pimenta, Margarida Branco, Nuno A.A. Castelo Branco   +2 more
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Increase in CD8+ and CD4+ T lymphocytes in patients with vibroacoustic disease.

Aviation, space, and environmental medicine, 1999
Some workers employed by the aviation industry are exposed to large pressure amplitude and low frequency (LPALF) noise (> or =90 dB SPL, < or = 500 Hz) and have developed vibroacoustic disease (VAD), a whole-body noise-induced pathology. Since VAD patients have an increased prevalence of respiratory and skin infections, we investigated whether these ...
Ana Castro, Artur P. Águas, Nuno Grande, Eliseu Monteiro, N A Castelo Branco   +4 more
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ERP P300 and brain magnetic resonance imaging in patients with vibroacoustic disease.

Aviation, space, and environmental medicine, 1999
Subjects occupationally exposed to large pressure amplitude (> or = 90 dB SPL) and low frequency (< or = 500 Hz) (LPALF) noise for long term periods (>10 yr) can develop vibroacoustic disease (VAD). One of the earliest complaints of VAD patients deals with memory and attention disturbances.
Pimenta Mg, Martinho Pimenta Aj, Castelo Branco, Silva Simôes Jm, Castelo Branco Na   +4 more
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The palmo-mental reflex in vibroacoustic disease.

Aviation, space, and environmental medicine, 1999
Vibroacoustic disease (VAD), is a multisystemic nosological entity, caused by occupational exposure to large pressure amplitude (> or = 90 dB SPL) and low frequency (< or = 500 Hz) (LPALF) noise. The most common neurological finding in patients with VAD is the palmomental reflex (PMR).
Martinho Pimenta Aj, Miguel Castelo‐Branco, Castelo Branco Na   +2 more
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