Open AccessPrevalence of hearing impairment in employees working in Ratlam railway junction
Author(s) -
Pawan Sharma,
Nitin Jain,
Sunil Bajoliya,
Rajendra Singrolay,
Sahiba Parveen
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international journal of health sciences (ijhs) (en línea)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2550-6978
pISSN - 2550-696X
DOI - 10.53730/ijhs.v6ns1.6421
Subject(s) - noise pollution , noise (video) , yard , engineering , population , working environment , audiology , transport engineering , environmental health , medicine , noise reduction , computer science , physics , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , image (mathematics) , mechanical engineering
Background: Noise pollution is contributed by various factors where railway noise is one of the major sources and causes of noise pollution. Railway noise mainly affects the population residing nearby and working at the railway stations as they are exposed to a high degree of noise from shunting operations, switching operations, whistles, horns, locomotive engines in the diesel shed, and rail yards of the railway station. Aim: The present study was conducted to assess the noise effects on railway employees with the rate of hearing loss growth and reduction in their working efficiency. Also, the study assessed noise's effect on regular daily life. Material and Method: The present study included 100 subjects working at the Ratlam railway junction who were selected by deliberate sampling method. The present study was a questionnaire-based study that utilized the preformed structure proforma that assessed basic knowledge about the well-being of the study subjects and their efficiency during working hours. The answer to the questions was either in the yes or no format on the marking grades of 0-5 that varied from not at all for 0 score and5 for very much score.