Changes in Hearing Levels Due to Loud Occupational Noises: Literature Review
Keywords:
Hearing loss, Noise, Occupational Health and SafetyAbstract
Changing level of occupational hearing loss affected to occurance of hearing ability and hearing loss. It frequently found in employees exposed to noise. It caused by lacking of having protection behavior in the areas of having long lasting noise exceeded. Hearing loss is classified as permanent and non-permanent hearing loss. The objects of this review was to determine factors associated with changing occupational hearing loss. The published research articles in national and international databases were reviewed. The results of review were presented with forest plot by determining the effect size (Odds ratios [OR]) and 95% confidence interval (95%CI). The reviews were classified as 1) personal factors (sex, age, working age, comorbidity/health problems), 2) health behavior factors (smoking, personal protection equiptments (PPE), method of using equipments, cleanliness of equipments, co-using equipments, cleanliness of ears (cotton bud uses) and loudy listening to music), and 3) working environmental factors (duration of noise exposure, an everage of noise in working area, distance of person and noise generation). The reviews suggested that occupational health and safety professionals and occupational physicians should plan and guildeline of prevention, screening and surveillance by using those factors in order to prevent an occurance of new cases of hearing loss. In addition, it is to reduce the severity of change of occupational hearing loss level.
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