Prevalence and Correlates of Noise Induced Hearing Loss among Traffic Policemen in the City of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Prevalence of noise induced hearing loss among traffic police personnel of Kathmandu Metropolitan City.

BACKGROUND Noise induced hearing loss (NIHL) is a major preventable occupational health hazard. OBJECTIVE To measure permanent threshold shift in traffic police personnel due to noise exposure and to examine whether it was associated with duration of noise exposure, years of work and risk factors. METHODS Cross sectional, descriptive study conducted at Dhulikhel hospital, Kathmandu Universi...

The prevalence of noise-induced hearing loss among Tanzanian miners

BACKGROUND Tanzania has a young mining history with several operating open pit and underground mines. No prevalence studies of noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) have been conducted among mine workers to provide an impetus for the development of comprehensive hearing protection programmes. AIMS To determine the prevalence of NIHL and associated factors among miners in a major gold mining compa...

THE EFFECT OF NOISE-INDUCED HEARING LOSS ON DENTISTS

This paper presents noise problems associated with the use of air-turbine drills in dental practice. Two hundred and fifty dentists (male and female) were randomly selected from the faculty of dentistry as well as the dentists who worked private in Tehran. The results indicated that the mean value of sound pressure level produced by the high-speed drills was 69.1 db. Most of the energy from...

PREVALENCE OF NOISE INDUCED HEARING LOSS IN EMPLOYEES IN SHIRAZ INDUSTRIAL FACTORIES

the effect of the record infancy in crimilly acts of guilties (in karaj city)

چکیده یکی از مهمترین دغدغه های بزرگ جوامع بشری، از دیر باز تا کنون که ذهن پژوهشگران و متخصصان بهداشت روانی و اجتماعی و دولتها رابه خود مشغول داشته، مسأله ی بزهکاری می باشد. شناخت کامل پدیده ی بزهکاری و بزهکار، علل وعوامل سقوط یک انسان، چگونگی درمان وی و درنهایت پیشگیری ازبزهکاری ودریک کلام سالم سازی یک جامعه، رسالت عظیم، انسانی ومقدسی می باشد که با بررسی شخصیت مجرم یعنی[ انسانی که تحت شرای...