Sensorineural hearing loss is a common and important source of disability among the workers and often caused by occupational noise exposure. Aims of the study were to determine the prevalence and contributing factors of hearing loss among airport workers. A cross-sectional study was carried out at an airport in Malaysia. This study used stratified sampling method that involved 358 workers who w...

While noise exposure is the most significant contributor to occupational hearing loss, evidence gained over the last 10 years, has pointed to organic solvents as additional contributors to occupational hearing disorders. Despite the implications of this finding, no significant measure has been undertaken to limit exposure to occupational solvents, or to occupational solvents and noise, within t...

BACKGROUND Although previous studies have reported that frequent earphone use and lead exposure are risk factors for hearing loss, most of these studies were limited to small populations or animal experiments. Several studies that presented the joint effect of combined exposure of noise and heavy metal on hearing loss were also mainly conducted on occupational workers exposed to high concentrat...

Although the effect of hearing loss on years lived with disability (YLD) is quite substantial, occupational among migrant workers significantly under-studied. In Kuwait, where nearly two-thirds population are workers, burden noise-induced (ONIHL) unknown. The objective study was to assess prevalence ONIHL in Kuwait and explore workplace individual risk factors that associated ONIHL. We obtained...

OBJECTIVE There is a lack of research on effects of occupational noise exposure in traditionally female-dominated workplaces. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess risk of noise-induced hearing-related symptoms among obstetrics personnel. DESIGN A cross-sectional study was performed at an obstetric ward in Sweden including a questionnaire among all employees and sound level measureme...

BACKGROUND Occupational noise induced hearing loss (NIHL) occurs among workers exposed to excessive amounts of noise for long durations. The average level of noise in some locations at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) was above the safe limit of 85dB hence workers were thought to be at risk. OBJECTIVE To determine the occurrence and socio demographic attributes for NIHL at JKIA. D...