Open AccessPrevalence, awareness, and factors associated with noise-induced hearing loss in occupational motorcyclists in Southwestern Nigeria
Author(s) -
Shuaib Kayode Aremu,
Rasaq Kayode Adewoye,
Alao Taiye Adeyanju,
David Sylvanus Ekpo
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
nigerian journal of surgery/nigerian journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7100
pISSN - 1117-6806
DOI - 10.4103/njs.njs_26_19
Subject(s) - hearing loss , audiology , medicine , population , audiometry , noise induced hearing loss , pure tone audiometry , cross sectional study , occupational safety and health , demography , environmental health , noise exposure , pathology , sociology
There is generally a lack of awareness among professional motorcycle riders on the risk of noise-induced hearing loss; due to a variety of factors, they are exposed to by the nature of their job. This study, therefore, aimed to determine the prevalence, awareness, and factors associated with noise-induced hearing loss among motorcycle riders in Ido-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria.