Open AccessHearing Impairment and High Blood Pressure among Bus Drivers in Puducherry
Author(s) -
Rajeshwar Balaji,
R Rajalakshmi,
Nitin Ashok John,
Umadevi Sajja Venkatappa
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/17361.7199
Subject(s) - blood pressure , medicine , absolute threshold of hearing , audiology , correlation , hearing loss , analysis of variance , mathematics , geometry
Noise Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL), a major heath concern due to constant exposure to loud noise is on the rising trend in today's world. The bus drivers are more vulnerable to the auditory and non-auditory ill effects of noise pollution.