Noise Induced Hearing Loss and Non-Auditory (Stress and Hypertension) Effects on Automotive Plant Workers Exposed to Noise

A cross-sectional study of noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL), stress and hypertension due to noise exposure was carried out among automotive plant workers in Pahang. Area noise monitoring was conducted to determine the high risk area exposed to noise. Personal noise monitoring, blood pressure measu...

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Main Authors:	Tan, Xhing Rong, Norazura, Ismail
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2015
Subjects:	T Technology (General)
Online Access:	http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/11216/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/11216/1/Noise%20Induced%20Hearing%20Loss%20and%20Non-Auditory%20%28Stress%20and%20Hypertension%29.pdf

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spelling	ump-112162019-08-22T07:03:29Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/11216/ Noise Induced Hearing Loss and Non-Auditory (Stress and Hypertension) Effects on Automotive Plant Workers Exposed to Noise Tan, Xhing Rong Norazura, Ismail T Technology (General) A cross-sectional study of noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL), stress and hypertension due to noise exposure was carried out among automotive plant workers in Pahang. Area noise monitoring was conducted to determine the high risk area exposed to noise. Personal noise monitoring, blood pressure measurement and observation of stress symptoms were conducted among the exposed and unexposed workers. Questionnaire on demographic information including personal lifestyles and medical history were also obtained. Meanwhile the secondary data on individual audiometric assessment was also obtained from the industry. The area noise monitoring of this automotive plant ranged from a 61.3 dB (A) to 90.8 dB (A). This study revealed that there was a significant correlation between noise level and increase of blood pressure (p<0.001) as well as noise stress level (p<0.001). Nonetheless, there was no significant correlation between noise exposure and NIHL. However, there were symptoms and complaints on ringing in the ear and sudden hearing loss were present. It was also noted a significant increase of stress level and both systolic and diastolic blood pressure due to noise exposure over accumulated time. Other factors influencing changes in auditory as well as non-auditory effects include age, working experiences and personal noise level 2015 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/11216/1/Noise%20Induced%20Hearing%20Loss%20and%20Non-Auditory%20%28Stress%20and%20Hypertension%29.pdf Tan, Xhing Rong and Norazura, Ismail (2015) Noise Induced Hearing Loss and Non-Auditory (Stress and Hypertension) Effects on Automotive Plant Workers Exposed to Noise. In: Engineering Technology International Conference (ETIC 2015), 10-11 August 2015 , Bali, Indonesia. . (Unpublished)
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description	A cross-sectional study of noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL), stress and hypertension due to noise exposure was carried out among automotive plant workers in Pahang. Area noise monitoring was conducted to determine the high risk area exposed to noise. Personal noise monitoring, blood pressure measurement and observation of stress symptoms were conducted among the exposed and unexposed workers. Questionnaire on demographic information including personal lifestyles and medical history were also obtained. Meanwhile the secondary data on individual audiometric assessment was also obtained from the industry. The area noise monitoring of this automotive plant ranged from a 61.3 dB (A) to 90.8 dB (A). This study revealed that there was a significant correlation between noise level and increase of blood pressure (p<0.001) as well as noise stress level (p<0.001). Nonetheless, there was no significant correlation between noise exposure and NIHL. However, there were symptoms and complaints on ringing in the ear and sudden hearing loss were present. It was also noted a significant increase of stress level and both systolic and diastolic blood pressure due to noise exposure over accumulated time. Other factors influencing changes in auditory as well as non-auditory effects include age, working experiences and personal noise level
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Tan, Xhing Rong Norazura, Ismail
author_facet	Tan, Xhing Rong Norazura, Ismail
author_sort	Tan, Xhing Rong
title	Noise Induced Hearing Loss and Non-Auditory (Stress and Hypertension) Effects on Automotive Plant Workers Exposed to Noise
title_short	Noise Induced Hearing Loss and Non-Auditory (Stress and Hypertension) Effects on Automotive Plant Workers Exposed to Noise
title_full	Noise Induced Hearing Loss and Non-Auditory (Stress and Hypertension) Effects on Automotive Plant Workers Exposed to Noise
title_fullStr	Noise Induced Hearing Loss and Non-Auditory (Stress and Hypertension) Effects on Automotive Plant Workers Exposed to Noise
title_full_unstemmed	Noise Induced Hearing Loss and Non-Auditory (Stress and Hypertension) Effects on Automotive Plant Workers Exposed to Noise
title_sort	noise induced hearing loss and non-auditory (stress and hypertension) effects on automotive plant workers exposed to noise
publishDate	2015
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