Noise Levels and Hearing Ability of Female Workers in a Textile Factory in Vietnam

Noise and hearing ability profiles were determined in a textile factory in Vietnam. Noise mapping done in the weaving section showed that the noise levels exceeded the Vietnamese standard of 90dBA by as much as 9dBA in some areas. Audiometric tests performed on 69 female workers from the weaving sec...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inIndustrial Health Vol. 36; no. 1; pp. 61 - 65
Main Authors NGUYEN, An Luong, NGUYEN, The Cong, LE, Trinh VAN, HOANG, Minh Hien, NGUYEN, Sy, JONAI, Hiroshi, VILLANUEVA, Maria Beatriz G., MATSUDA, Shinya, SOTOYAMA, Midori, SUDO, Ayako
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Japan National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health 1998
Subjects
Adult
Analysis of Variance
Audiometry, Pure-Tone
Female
Hearing ability
Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced - diagnosis
Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced - etiology
Humans
Noise
Noise, Occupational - adverse effects
Textile factory
Textile Industry
Vietnam
Vietnam
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:Noise and hearing ability profiles were determined in a textile factory in Vietnam. Noise mapping done in the weaving section showed that the noise levels exceeded the Vietnamese standard of 90dBA by as much as 9dBA in some areas. Audiometric tests performed on 69 female workers from the weaving section revealed that workers with more than 10 years of noise exposure had the worst hearing threshold levels at 1, 000 and 4, 000Hz. Similar findings were observed for workers greater than 35 years old. The 4, 000Hz notch, suggestive of exposure to intense noise, was noted in the audiograms of 26 subjects.
Bibliography:ObjectType-Article-2
SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1
ObjectType-Feature-1
content type line 23
ISSN:0019-8366
1880-8026
DOI:10.2486/indhealth.36.61