Industrial deafness was first studied in a 1713 work on workers’ diseases.

Evidence

The earliest study of industrial deafness that I have been able to discover was that of Bernardino Ramazzini, Diseases of Workers (De Morbis ArHficium), 1713. — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 895

Categorization

• QUESTION: Could verify whether recent scholarship has uncovered earlier industrial-deafness studies than Ramazzini’s 1713 work.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 895