Relationship between life-time noise exposure and experience of tinnitus among young adults in IIUM Kuantan

Introduction: Since the clinical studies have shown that people suffering from tinnitus are at a high risk of developing serious psychological disturbances or serious psychological distress (Hiller and Goebel, 1998), the purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between lifetime noise e...

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Main Authors:	Mohd. Hashim, zirwatu Hanani, Wan Ahmad, Wan Aslynn Salwani, Lamri, Marina L. Alisaputri @ Marina
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Published:	Kulliyyah of Allied Health Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia 2019
Subjects:	R Medicine (General)
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spelling	iium-725712019-06-12T07:19:47Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/72571/ Relationship between life-time noise exposure and experience of tinnitus among young adults in IIUM Kuantan Mohd. Hashim, zirwatu Hanani Wan Ahmad, Wan Aslynn Salwani Lamri, Marina L. Alisaputri @ Marina R Medicine (General) Introduction: Since the clinical studies have shown that people suffering from tinnitus are at a high risk of developing serious psychological disturbances or serious psychological distress (Hiller and Goebel, 1998), the purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between lifetime noise exposure and tinnitus experience among young adults in IIUM Kuantan. Methods: Cross sectional study was used to determine whether there is any association between tinnitus experience, life-time noise exposure and hearing threshold among 11 young adults in IIUM Kuantan from age of 18 to 35 years old who are exposed to the noise. Hearing assessment was done using otoscopy, tympanometry and pure tone audiometry. Participants were asked to fill in a questionnaire on tinnitus experience and were fitted with a noise dosimeter that measured their noise exposure during waking hours. Values collected from dosimeter were then converted into cumulated life-time noise exposure which refers to the equivalent noise exposure per year (Jokitulppo, Tolvenen & Bjork, 2005). Results: Average cumulative life-time noise exposure of the participants is 72.54 dBA ± 6.9459. Fifty five percent reported of sometimes having tinnitus. No correlation was found between cumulative life-time noise exposure and tinnitus experience, and between pure tone hearing threshold and tinnitus experience. Conclusion: The cumulative life-time noise exposure among young adults in IIUM Kuantan was found to be lower than the level considered as hazardous. Despite reports of tinnitus experience, there was no evidence that the tinnitus was due to noise exposure. There was also no evidence on the association between tinnitus and hearing levels. Kulliyyah of Allied Health Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia 2019-01-14 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/72571/1/72571_Relationship%20between%20life-time.pdf Mohd. Hashim, zirwatu Hanani and Wan Ahmad, Wan Aslynn Salwani and Lamri, Marina L. Alisaputri @ Marina (2019) Relationship between life-time noise exposure and experience of tinnitus among young adults in IIUM Kuantan. International Journal of Allied Health Sciences, 3 (1). p. 572. E-ISSN 2600-8491 https://journals.iium.edu.my/ijahs/index.php/IJAHS/article/view/241
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spellingShingle	R Medicine (General) Mohd. Hashim, zirwatu Hanani Wan Ahmad, Wan Aslynn Salwani Lamri, Marina L. Alisaputri @ Marina Relationship between life-time noise exposure and experience of tinnitus among young adults in IIUM Kuantan
description	Introduction: Since the clinical studies have shown that people suffering from tinnitus are at a high risk of developing serious psychological disturbances or serious psychological distress (Hiller and Goebel, 1998), the purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between lifetime noise exposure and tinnitus experience among young adults in IIUM Kuantan. Methods: Cross sectional study was used to determine whether there is any association between tinnitus experience, life-time noise exposure and hearing threshold among 11 young adults in IIUM Kuantan from age of 18 to 35 years old who are exposed to the noise. Hearing assessment was done using otoscopy, tympanometry and pure tone audiometry. Participants were asked to fill in a questionnaire on tinnitus experience and were fitted with a noise dosimeter that measured their noise exposure during waking hours. Values collected from dosimeter were then converted into cumulated life-time noise exposure which refers to the equivalent noise exposure per year (Jokitulppo, Tolvenen & Bjork, 2005). Results: Average cumulative life-time noise exposure of the participants is 72.54 dBA ± 6.9459. Fifty five percent reported of sometimes having tinnitus. No correlation was found between cumulative life-time noise exposure and tinnitus experience, and between pure tone hearing threshold and tinnitus experience. Conclusion: The cumulative life-time noise exposure among young adults in IIUM Kuantan was found to be lower than the level considered as hazardous. Despite reports of tinnitus experience, there was no evidence that the tinnitus was due to noise exposure. There was also no evidence on the association between tinnitus and hearing levels.
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author	Mohd. Hashim, zirwatu Hanani Wan Ahmad, Wan Aslynn Salwani Lamri, Marina L. Alisaputri @ Marina
author_facet	Mohd. Hashim, zirwatu Hanani Wan Ahmad, Wan Aslynn Salwani Lamri, Marina L. Alisaputri @ Marina
author_sort	Mohd. Hashim, zirwatu Hanani
title	Relationship between life-time noise exposure and experience of tinnitus among young adults in IIUM Kuantan
title_short	Relationship between life-time noise exposure and experience of tinnitus among young adults in IIUM Kuantan
title_full	Relationship between life-time noise exposure and experience of tinnitus among young adults in IIUM Kuantan
title_fullStr	Relationship between life-time noise exposure and experience of tinnitus among young adults in IIUM Kuantan
title_full_unstemmed	Relationship between life-time noise exposure and experience of tinnitus among young adults in IIUM Kuantan
title_sort	relationship between life-time noise exposure and experience of tinnitus among young adults in iium kuantan
publisher	Kulliyyah of Allied Health Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia
publishDate	2019
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/72571/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/72571/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/72571/1/72571_Relationship%20between%20life-time.pdf
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Relationship between life-time noise exposure and experience of tinnitus among young adults in IIUM Kuantan

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