Sylwia Greta Schwartz, Małgorzata Toś, Grażyna Mielnik-Niedzielska
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Ocena stanu słuchu u pracowników Zakładu Metalurgicznego WSK Rzeszów (Wydział W-68) po 3 i 10 latach pracy
Aim: Assessment of the hearing status of employees of the W-68 Faculty of the Metallurgical Factory WSK Rzeszow, exposed to noise, after 3 and 10 years after employment.Material and Method: Thirty workers employed in positions with high noise exposure to the hearing organ were qualified. A retrospective study was conducted through the analysis of preventive check-ups of employees of the Metallurgical Factory. The age, working time, exposure to noise and exposure to other factors that may affect the hearing organ were analyzed. Average hearing loss was compared after 3 and 10 years of work.Results: The average age of the surveyed employees was 46.1 years and ranged from 35 to 60 years. Everyone worked in a 3-shift system, 8 hours a day, in noise. An additional factor that could affect the hearing organs were vibrations, where their average level was 0.96 NDN (maximum admissible intensity). The noise range to which workers were exposed ranged from 80 to 88 dB in the workplace, and its average level was 87 dB. The average hearing loss, calculated as the arithmetic average for 0.5 Hz, 1 kHz, 2 kHz and 4 kHz, in these employees, after three years of work was 11.7 dB for the right ear, and 11.9 dB for the left ear. However, after 10 years of work, the average hearing loss was 16 dB for the right ear and 17,2 dB for the left ear. The largest hearing loss occurred at frequencies 2 and 4 kHz after 10 years of work. It was 14 dB for 2 kHz and 24 dB for 4 kHz in the right ear. And in the left ear for 2 kHz – 15 dB and 28 dB for 4 kHz.Conclusions: The analysis of the presented results shows the harmful effect of noise on the condition of the hearing organ. There was an increase in the hearing threshold by 4.3 dB for the right ear and by 5.27 dB for the left ear after 10 years of work. It is characteristic to increase the hearing threshold for frequencies above 2 kHz, which is related to the influence of industrial noise on the hearing organ.