| Document ID (ISN) | 111982 |
| CIS number |
11-0695 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1059-924X - Journal of Agromedicine |
| Year |
2011 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Depczynski J., Challinor K., Fragar L. |
| Title |
Changes in the hearing status and noise injury prevention practices of Australian farmers from 1994 to 2008 |
| Bibliographic information |
2nd quarter 2011, Vol.16, No.2, p.127-142. Illus. 16 ref. |
| Abstract |
This study compares the hearing status and behaviours in 1994-2001 and in 2002-2008 among a population of Australian 8309 farmers having participated in a noise injury prevention programme. Each participant was subjected to an audiometry and responded to a questionnaire. Over this period, there was a 12.5% overall improvement in the proportion of farmers with normal hearing in left ears and significant improvements in the mean hearing threshold of both ears from 1 to 6 kHz. The mean hearing thresholds for 35- to 44-year-old farmers exposed to firearms, chainsaws, workshop tools, heavy machinery and tractors were significantly higher compared to non-exposed groups. The non-use of hearing protection devices by young farmers (15 to 24 years old) was associated with hearing loss for those using un-cabined tractors. Implications of these findings are discussed. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
Australia; hearing loss; hearing threshold; hearing protection; health programmes; agriculture |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
chain saws; tractors; agricultural equipment; firearms; safety consciousness; human behaviour; pure-tone audiometry; long-term study; questionnaire survey; programme evaluation; young persons |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Agriculture, fishing, animal husbandry
Noise, hearing and vibration
Occupational pathology
Personal protection
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Physical hazards
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Agriculture
Hearing protection
Diseases of the ear and hearing damage
|
