| dc.creator | Soares, Maria do Socorro Oliveira | |
| dc.creator | Crispim, Karla Geovanna Moraes | |
| dc.creator | Ferreira, Aldo Pacheco | |
| dc.date | 2016-07-26T16:04:28Z | |
| dc.date | 2016-07-29T18:34:04Z | |
| dc.date | 2016-07-26T16:04:28Z | |
| dc.date | 2016-07-29T18:34:04Z | |
| dc.date | 2013 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-09-26T21:55:27Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-09-26T21:55:27Z | |
| dc.identifier | SOARES, Maria do Socorro Oliveira; CRISPIM, Karla Geovanna Moraes; FERREIRA, Aldo Pacheco. Assessment of traffic noise pollution in traffic agents. Health Care, v.1. n.3, p.75-81, 2013. | |
| dc.identifier | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/15156 | |
| dc.identifier | 10.12966/hc.11.05.2013 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8874065 | |
| dc.description | Authors are indebted to Municipal Institute of Traffic Engineering and Control (MANAUSTRANS). | |
| dc.description | Abstract-Traffic noise is an important source of environmental annoyance. Severe annoyance persistent over prolonged periods of time is to be regarded as causing distress. The Noise
- Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL) as a change of sensorineural hearing thresholds resulting from exposure to high sound pressure levels for long periods, sometimes years, presents an irreversible and progresses gradually with time
-varying risk exposure, usually, bilateral. This study describes the audiological profile of traffic agents who worked on public streets in Manaus/AM, exposed to sound pressure levels. The applied research design was a
retrospective cross - sectional study in 118 traffic agents, analyzing their auditory performance, with audiometric tests and a
structured questionnaire. The results show a prevalence of NIHL of 20.5% in RE (right ear), and 19.2% in the LE (left ear). The comparison between sequential tests of reference points a significant change in hearing threshold after occupational exposure. Correlation was observed with variables: age, working time, use of personal protective equipment, and extra - auditory complaints. The results suggest that occupational exposure related to urban noise is associated with hearing loss and other extra
- auditory symptoms, denoting the urgency of public policies. | |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.language | por | |
| dc.publisher | Sciknow Publications Ltd. | |
| dc.rights | open access | |
| dc.subject | Traffic Agents | |
| dc.subject | Noise Pollution | |
| dc.subject | Hearing Loss | |
| dc.subject | Occupational | |
| dc.subject | Annoyance | |
| dc.subject | Public Health | |
| dc.title | Assessment of traffic noise pollution in traffic agents | |
| dc.type | Article | |
