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: Noise is unwanted sound heard by ears. Damages of ears usually take place on the tympanic membrane or on the ossicles. Initially, there will be loss of hearing to high frequency noises, and it will gradually decrease to the lowest frequency noise. This study aimed to obtain the relationship of noise and hearing function among diesel power plant workers at PLTD Suluttenggo Manado. This was an analitycal study using a cross sectional design. Samples were 20 workers at PLTD Suluttenggo in Manado. Data were obtained by using questionnaires and examintaion of hearing function with an audiometry. The data were analyzed by using SPSS and the Spearmen test. The results showed that there were hearing impairment in 30% of the workers. According to the bivariate analysis, there was a significant relationship between the level of noise and the hearing impairment among the workers with a p value = 0.015 (p < 0.05). The most frequent hearing impairment among the workers was mixed hearing loss. Conclusion: Workers who worked in a place with high intensity noise had higher risk to develop hearing impairment. Keywords : diesel power plant machine, noise, hearing Abstrak : Kebisingan adalah suara yang tidak dikehendaki oleh telinga. Kerusakan telinga biasanya terjadi pada gendang telinga atau ossicles. Awalnya akan terjadi kehilangan pendengaran terhadap frekuensi tinggi, namun perlahan pada frekuensi yang semakin menurun sampai kepada frekuensi rendah. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan kebisingan terhadap fungsi pendengaran pada pekerja mesin pembangkit listrik tenaga diesel di PLTD Suluttenggo Kota Manado. Metode penelitian yang digunakan yaitu metode analitik dengan menggunakan rancangan potong lintang. Sampel berjumlah 20 orang yang diambil dari pekerja mesin pembangkit listrik tenaga diesel di PLTD Suluttenggo Kota Manado. Data diperoleh melalui kuisioner dan pemeriksaan fungsi pendengaran dengan menggunakan audiometri. Data dianalisis dengan menggunakan Statistical Program Product and Service Solution (SPSS) dan menggunakan uji Spearman. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terdapat gangguan pendengaran sebesar 30% pada seluruh pekerja. Hasil analisis bivariat didapatkan bahwa terdapat hubungan bermakna antara tingkat kebisingan dan gangguan pendengaran dengan nilai p = 0,015 ( p < 0,05). Gangguan pendengaran yang paling banyak diderita oleh pekerja ialah tuli campuran (Mixed Hearing Loss). Simpulan: Pekerja yang bekerja pada intensitas bising yang tinggi memiliki resiko lebih besar menderita gangguan pendengaran. Kata kunci : mesin PLTD, bising, pendengaran

Hubungan kebisingan terhadap fungsi pendengaran pekerja mesin pembangkit listrik tenaga diesel di PLTD Suluttenggo kota Manado