The article presents a preliminary evaluation of occupational hearing loss risk in a group of farmers selected at random and exposed to a mean annual level of exposure to noise L(EX,8h) = 89.1 dB. The study covered 31 family farms carrying out mixed production (plant-animal), possessing arable land of the size 5-40 ha, and equipped with the basic mechanical equipment (tractors, agricultural mac...

Noise exposure has long been known to be a risk factor for hearing loss. Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) is one of the most common occupational diseases worldwide; 49% of male miners by the age of 50 and 70% of them by the age of 60 have hearing loss.1 Currently, NIHL is not considered only an occupational disease; the non-occupational forms of the disease are on the rise. Leisure-time noise ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Traffic noise <60 dB(A) has been associated with an increased risk of stroke. We investigated this relationship for 80 to 86 dB(A) occupational noise. METHODS We followed 116,568 industrial and 47,679 financial workers by linkage to Danish registries 2001 through 2007. Full-shift noise levels were estimated from subsets of workers at baseline and end of follow-up. RES...

results according to the study results, noise levels in a co2 plant’s house and control room ranged from 88 to 102 db and 79 to 82 db (a), respectively. in order to reduce the amount of emitted noise in the co2 plant house and control room, a noise control plan was implemented in each part of the facility; it was met with effective results. conclusions the findings of this investigation have cl...

OBJECTIVES There is concern that sound via earphones and headphones attached to headsets used in workplaces may be a risk factor for noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL). Although there are some previous studies investigating exposure to noise from headphones, almost none have assessed the risks to workers who use earphones. We assessed exposure to noise among workers who regularly wear earphones ...

Noise-induced permanent threshold shifts (NIPTS) were computed from retrospective audiometric analyses by subtracting aging effects on hearing sensitivity in sixty-eight patients with bilateral sensorineural hearing loss who reported significant occupational noise exposure histories. There were significant effects of age on NIPTS but no significant gender- or ear- differences in terms of NIPTS....

Noise pollution is one of the prominent environmental problems affecting human health especially in developing countries. The impacts of noise on health should not be underestimated. Exposure to acoustical stimuli impairs not only the function of auditory system but also that of many other systems of human body. Previous investigations revealed that noise exposure could result in sleep disturba...

Background: With industrial development, many production processes emit high levels of noise, presenting problems for society. This emission causes an environmental impact on employees and also on the surrounding environment. Materials and Methods: The present study was performed with the objective of analyzing the noise emission in a plastic recycling plant in the municipality of Caçador, San...