Noise exposure amongst Kuantan municipal council workers (MPK)

Occupational hearing loss continues to be among the 10 leading occupational diseases among industrial workers. Hearing loss is sensorineural hearing deficit that begins at higher frequencies (3 kHz to 6 kHz) and develop gradually as a results of excessive exposure of noise. A cross sectional study o...

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Main Authors:	Ali Hanifiah, Nurlin, Mohd Zain, Siti Rashidah, Dzulkarnain, Ahmad Aidil Arafat, Jamaluddin, Saiful Adli
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	R Medicine (General)
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/26729/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/26729/1/AHS_2012.pdf

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spelling	iium-267292013-03-20T03:02:40Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/26729/ Noise exposure amongst Kuantan municipal council workers (MPK) Ali Hanifiah, Nurlin Mohd Zain, Siti Rashidah Dzulkarnain, Ahmad Aidil Arafat Jamaluddin, Saiful Adli R Medicine (General) Occupational hearing loss continues to be among the 10 leading occupational diseases among industrial workers. Hearing loss is sensorineural hearing deficit that begins at higher frequencies (3 kHz to 6 kHz) and develop gradually as a results of excessive exposure of noise. A cross sectional study of hearing status among employees in Kuantan Municipal Council (MPK), Malaysia was conducted in August 2010 until mid of January 2011. Seventy-seven subjects consist of eleven females and sixty-six males aged between 20 to 58 year-old (mean; 39.45 ± 8.63) were involved in this study. Subjects were recruited from 5 different Units which are Landscape, Mechanical, Vector, Special Action Unit and Maintenance Unit. The aim of this study is to measure the hearing level and noise dose amongst Kuantan Municipal Council workers who work under noise exposure. Hearing statuses were accessed by using tympanometry and pure tone audiometery tests. Other factors that might be associated to hearing loss were also determined in this study. Results showed that 52 subjects (67.5 %) had normal hearing and 25 subjects (32.5 %) had hearing loss. Noise exposure measurement showed that the noise level in the workplace reached the action level of 85 dBA and exceeded the permissible exposure level of 90 dBA. Pearson Correlation Coefficient revealed that there was no significant relationship between service length and hearing level at 3, 4 and 6 kHz. Thus, this study revealed that MPK workers are at substantial risk of developing hearing loss due to the noise exposure. Urgent action should be taken by the MPK’s administration to ensure individual noise exposures are within permissible limits. 2012 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/26729/1/AHS_2012.pdf Ali Hanifiah, Nurlin and Mohd Zain, Siti Rashidah and Dzulkarnain, Ahmad Aidil Arafat and Jamaluddin, Saiful Adli (2012) Noise exposure amongst Kuantan municipal council workers (MPK). In: 2nd International Conference on adult hearing screening, 7-9 June 2012, Cernobbio, Italy. (Unpublished)
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spellingShingle	R Medicine (General) Ali Hanifiah, Nurlin Mohd Zain, Siti Rashidah Dzulkarnain, Ahmad Aidil Arafat Jamaluddin, Saiful Adli Noise exposure amongst Kuantan municipal council workers (MPK)
description	Occupational hearing loss continues to be among the 10 leading occupational diseases among industrial workers. Hearing loss is sensorineural hearing deficit that begins at higher frequencies (3 kHz to 6 kHz) and develop gradually as a results of excessive exposure of noise. A cross sectional study of hearing status among employees in Kuantan Municipal Council (MPK), Malaysia was conducted in August 2010 until mid of January 2011. Seventy-seven subjects consist of eleven females and sixty-six males aged between 20 to 58 year-old (mean; 39.45 ± 8.63) were involved in this study. Subjects were recruited from 5 different Units which are Landscape, Mechanical, Vector, Special Action Unit and Maintenance Unit. The aim of this study is to measure the hearing level and noise dose amongst Kuantan Municipal Council workers who work under noise exposure. Hearing statuses were accessed by using tympanometry and pure tone audiometery tests. Other factors that might be associated to hearing loss were also determined in this study. Results showed that 52 subjects (67.5 %) had normal hearing and 25 subjects (32.5 %) had hearing loss. Noise exposure measurement showed that the noise level in the workplace reached the action level of 85 dBA and exceeded the permissible exposure level of 90 dBA. Pearson Correlation Coefficient revealed that there was no significant relationship between service length and hearing level at 3, 4 and 6 kHz. Thus, this study revealed that MPK workers are at substantial risk of developing hearing loss due to the noise exposure. Urgent action should be taken by the MPK’s administration to ensure individual noise exposures are within permissible limits.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Ali Hanifiah, Nurlin Mohd Zain, Siti Rashidah Dzulkarnain, Ahmad Aidil Arafat Jamaluddin, Saiful Adli
author_facet	Ali Hanifiah, Nurlin Mohd Zain, Siti Rashidah Dzulkarnain, Ahmad Aidil Arafat Jamaluddin, Saiful Adli
author_sort	Ali Hanifiah, Nurlin
title	Noise exposure amongst Kuantan municipal council workers (MPK)
title_short	Noise exposure amongst Kuantan municipal council workers (MPK)
title_full	Noise exposure amongst Kuantan municipal council workers (MPK)
title_fullStr	Noise exposure amongst Kuantan municipal council workers (MPK)
title_full_unstemmed	Noise exposure amongst Kuantan municipal council workers (MPK)
title_sort	noise exposure amongst kuantan municipal council workers (mpk)
publishDate	2012
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/26729/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/26729/1/AHS_2012.pdf
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Noise exposure amongst Kuantan municipal council workers (MPK)

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