Audiogram Comparison of Workers from Five Professional Categories
Joint Authors
Duarte, Alexandre Scalli Mathias
Pinheiro, Laíza Araújo Mohana
Yen Ng, Ronny Tah
Sampaio, Marcelo Hamilton
Costa, Everardo Andrade da
Gusmão, Reinaldo Jordão
Carvalho, Guilherme Machado
Guimarães, Alexandre Caixeta
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-02-03
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Introduction.
Noise is a major cause of health disorders in workers and has unique importance in the auditory analysis of people exposed to it.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the arithmetic mean of the auditory thresholds at frequencies of 3, 4, and 6 kHz of workers from five professional categories exposed to occupational noise.
Methods.
We propose a retrospective cross-sectional cohort study to analyze 2.140 audiograms from seven companies having five sectors of activity: one footwear company, one beverage company, two ceramics companies, two metallurgical companies, and two transport companies.
Results.
When we compared two categories, we noticed a significant difference only for cargo carriers in comparison to the remaining categories.
In all activity sectors, the left ear presented the worst values, except for the footwear professionals ( P > 0.05 ) .
We observed an association between the noise exposure time and the reduction of audiometric values for both ears.
Significant differences existed for cargo carriers in relation to other groups.
This evidence may be attributed to different forms of exposure.
A slow and progressive deterioration appeared as the exposure time increased.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Duarte, Alexandre Scalli Mathias& Guimarães, Alexandre Caixeta& Carvalho, Guilherme Machado& Pinheiro, Laíza Araújo Mohana& Yen Ng, Ronny Tah& Sampaio, Marcelo Hamilton…[et al.]. 2015. Audiogram Comparison of Workers from Five Professional Categories. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-5.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Duarte, Alexandre Scalli Mathias…[et al.]. Audiogram Comparison of Workers from Five Professional Categories. BioMed Research International No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-5.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Duarte, Alexandre Scalli Mathias& Guimarães, Alexandre Caixeta& Carvalho, Guilherme Machado& Pinheiro, Laíza Araújo Mohana& Yen Ng, Ronny Tah& Sampaio, Marcelo Hamilton…[et al.]. Audiogram Comparison of Workers from Five Professional Categories. BioMed Research International. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1054610
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1054610