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Ann Med Res. 1998; 5(2): 133-137


Industrial noise & hearing loss

 

Dr . Enver ALTAŞ*, Dr. Süleyman ŞİRİN*, Dr. R. Murat KARAŞEN*,  Dr . Az i z Öztürk*,  Dr . Bülent AKTAN*,  Dr. Harun Üçüncü*

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Abstract


 

Environmental noise which is a negative effect on workman health and work security is a social problem ofour country that is on the process of industrial development. This problem cause sensorineural permanent hearing loss that is a result of negative effects on industrial workman, especially. In this study, hearing thresholds of 101 workers who work in a various noisy environmental in a sugar factory of our country were determined audiometricallyand negative effects ofnoisy environmental on the workman health. Statistically, significant differences were found with respect to hearing loss between workers exposed to noise levels under 80 dB and above 87 dB (p






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