Predicting standard threshold shifts for occupational hearing loss among miners at a large-scale platinum mine in South Africa

Occupational noise induced hearing loss in coal miners and coal washing factory workers in Kerman province

Introduction: The occupational noise induced hearing loss is one of the wide spread problems and a long term complication of working in noisy environments. At the present, large groups of workers who are working in noisy environments are exposed to hearing loss. So, this study is aimed to determine the prevalence of hearing loss (more than, 25 dB) of the workers in coal mines and leaching fac...

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...

Hearing protection device usage at a South African gold mine.

BACKGROUND Occupational noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) occurs in many industries despite interventions such as hearing conservation programmes. AIMS To determine the actual and reported use of hearing protection devices (HPDs) in noise-exposed gold mine workers and their reported knowledge, attitudes and practices relating to NIHL and HPDs. METHODS A cross-sectional descriptive study was...

Pneumoconiosis in chromite miners in South Africa.

Turning up the volume on hearing loss in South Africa.

Estimates of the world's population living with disabling hearing loss, defined as >40 dB in the better-hearing ear in adults (>15 years) and >30 dB in children (0-14 years), currently run to 360 million people worldwide. Of even more concern is that the majority of those affected live in the low-and middle-income communities of the developing world (South Asia, Asia-Pacific and sub-Saharan Afr...