Skrining gangguan dengar pada Pekerja Salah Satu Pabrik Tekstil di Bandung (Hearing Test Screening at One of the Textile Factory Workers in Bandung | Perpustakaan Badan Kebijakan Pembangunan Kesehatan

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Skrining gangguan dengar pada Pekerja Salah Satu Pabrik Tekstil di Bandung (Hearing Test Screening at One of the Textile Factory Workers in Bandung

Yussy Afriani Dewi - Personal Name; Ratna Anggraeni Agustian - Personal Name;

Textile factory in Indonesia is an important source of foreign exchange for the country because the numbers were quite a lot. The factory workers have a high risk for the occurrence of hearing disorders. Sound intensity more than 85 dB in a long time could cause hearing loss, both temporary or permanent. If this does not get serious attention, it can results in adverse effects. It is not in accordance with the objective of the development of Health of Indonesia, Outlines of State Policy 1998 to improve community health status and quality of human resources and life expectancy. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence, degree and type of hearing loss in one of textile factory workers in Majalaya Bandung West-Java. Subjects were 109 workers, consisted of 47 males and 62 females, chosen by total sampling. Sampling was due in August 26 until September 9, 2004. The study design was descriptive cross-sectional. Data was obtained from anamnesis with questionnaire, otologic examination and pure tone audiometry evaluation. The results showed that hearing loss was more common in male subjects 68.1% compared to female subjects 37.2%. The most common hearing loss was noise induced 41%, followed by sensorineural 32%, conductive 23%, mixed type hearing loss 4%. The prevalence of mild hearing loss was 46.8%, moderate 3.7% and severe 0.9%. In conclusion, hearing disorder which is frequently found in the factory workers is noise-induced hearing loss.

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Call Number: MKB Majalah Kedokteran Bandung, 44 (2) 2012 : 96-1
Publisher: Bandung : FK UNPAD., 2012
Collation: 5p
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ISBN/ISSN: 0126-074x
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Subject(s): TEXTILE INDUSTRY
HEARING TESTS
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