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Perceived industrial deafness and hearing loss among people in a small Queensland rural community.
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The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health [Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health] 2005 Jul; Vol. 36 (4), pp. 1048-56. - Publication Year :
- 2005
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Abstract
- This paper aims to describe chronic diseases including hearing loss reported by people in a small rural community. It will present the results of audiometric screening among a group of people in this community and their self reported risk factors of hearing loss. Different risk factors experienced by men and women will be compared. Two surveys were conducted in a small Queensland rural community. The first survey gathered information relating to chronic diseases among 604 people using a telephone interview method. The second survey assessed the level of hearing among 64 people who presented themselves for audiometric screening, their history of exposure to loud noise and their previous use of hearing protective measures. A higher rate of "industrial deafness" was reported (110.75 per 1,000 population) than the 1995 National rate (95.2 per 1,000 population). Of 64 people who attended the audiometric assessment, 60 (93.8%) had some level of hearing loss using the 2000 International Standard of hearing level (ISO 7029: 2000) taking age and gender into account. However, 15 persons (23.4%) perceived that they had good hearing. When compared to ISO 7029: 2000 standard, men and women had a similar pattern of hearing loss. Compared to men, a lower percentage of women were exposed to different sources of loud noise and were less likely to use hearing protection devices.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Aged
Audiometry statistics & numerical data
Auditory Perception
Cluster Analysis
Epidemiological Monitoring
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Occupational Diseases diagnosis
Occupational Diseases prevention & control
Occupational Exposure prevention & control
Queensland epidemiology
Employment statistics & numerical data
Environmental Monitoring statistics & numerical data
Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced epidemiology
Industry statistics & numerical data
Noise
Occupational Diseases epidemiology
Occupational Exposure statistics & numerical data
Rural Population statistics & numerical data
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0125-1562
- Volume :
- 36
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 16295567