Open AccessThe effects of industrial noise of higher spectrum on the workers’ auditory perception abilities
Author(s) -
Dobrivoje Mihailović,
Nenad Đurić,
Ivana F. Kovačević,
Đorđe Mihailović
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
vojnosanitetski pregled
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 2406-0720
pISSN - 0042-8450
DOI - 10.2298/vsp140416119m
Subject(s) - perception , audiology , industrial noise , noise (video) , spectrum (functional analysis) , auditory perception , frequency spectrum , psychology , acoustics , medicine , computer science , telecommunications , hearing loss , physics , neuroscience , spectral density , artificial intelligence , image (mathematics) , quantum mechanics
Results of previous studies gave support to the idea that machines in power plants produce noise of different levels of loudness and frequency, and that it could cause deterioration of the hearing ability of workers. As a matter of fact, noiseinduced hearing loss is the most widespread occupational disease nowadays. As noise is a complex acoustic phenomenon, more factors have to be considered when studying it, such as frequency, intensity and the period of exposure. The aim of this study was to find if there are differences in the absolute threshold of hearing between workers in the factory production lines that are constantly exposed to the industrial noise of higher spectrum and those exposed to the noise of standard spectrum at different frequencies of sound.