Estimating sound intensity and its effect on the hearing status of the workers in an industrial shoe factory
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Vida Ameri * |
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Introduction: We estimated the noise in an industrial shoe factory to determine the effect of noise in the workplace on the hearing status of the workers in such environments. Materials and method: the intensity of noise in dB in different parts of the factory was estimated. Then working people in each part was selected randomly and their hearing thresholds were evaluated by Conventional audiometry. Results: The results demonstrated that 23% were required to estimate thresholds more precisely and 95 needed close examination by Otolaryngologist. Besides, 10% of the workers suffered sensory neural hearing loss whose 2% of them diagnosed as NIHL. Discussion: Since the mentioned factory has good hearing conservation program for the workers, it seems that promoting the program can decline the number of noise induced hearing losses to the least numbers. |
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Keywords: noise, Noise induced hearing loss, Conventional audiometry, hearing conservation program |
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Type of Study: Research |
Published: 2013/08/26
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