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The agricultural\/forestry sectors are at increased risk as working hours are longer than a typical 8-h work shift putting them at greater risk of hearing loss. The study was conducted to assess the possible association between hearing sensitivity on combined exposure to noise and hand-arm vibration. A systematic literature review was conducted on exposure to noise and HAV in the agricultural\/forestry sector and the resulting impacts on hearing. The peer-reviewed articles in English were searched with 14 search words in three databases of PubMed, Ergo Abstracts, and Web of Science without any filter for the year for fully available article text. The database literature search resulted in 72 articles. Forty-seven (47) articles met the search criteria based on the title. Abstracts were then reviewed for any relationship between hearing loss and hand-arm vibration\/Raynaud\u2019s phenomenon\/VWF. This left 18 articles. It was found that most agricultural workers and chainsaw workers are exposed to noise and VWF. Hearing is impacted by both noise and aging. The workers exposed to HAV and noise had greater hearing loss than non-exposed workers, possibly due to the additive effect on temporary threshold shift (TTS). It was found that VWF might be associated with vasospasm in the cochlea through autonomous vascular reflexes, digital arteries narrowing, vasoconstriction in the inner ear by noise, ischemic damage to the hair cells and increased oxygen demand, which significantly affects the correlation between VWF and hearing loss.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph20054276","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,2,28]],"date-time":"2023-02-28T02:28:09Z","timestamp":1677551289000},"page":"4276","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":26,"title":["The Combined Impact of Hand-Arm Vibration and Noise Exposure on Hearing Sensitivity of Agricultural\/Forestry Workers\u2014A Systematic Literature Review"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"20","author":[{"given":"Ravinder","family":"Thaper","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Richard","family":"Sesek","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Richard","family":"Garnett","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yadrianna","family":"Acosta-Sojo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Gregory T.","family":"Purdy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,2,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"358","DOI":"10.1002\/ajim.20690","article-title":"Exposure to Hazardous Workplace Noise and Use of Hearing Protection Devices among US Workers\u2014NHANES, 1999\u20132004","volume":"52","author":"Tak","year":"2009","journal-title":"Am. 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