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題 名 | 南臺灣某企業男性噪音作業勞工聽力損失調查初報=A Preliminary Report of Factors Related to Noise-Induced Hearing Loss in an Enterprise at Southern Taiwan |
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作 者 | 郭崇志; 陳朝棟; 周騰達; 黃偉城; 邱正宇; 張恒瑞; 黃志芳; 王培霖; | 書刊名 | 臺灣家庭醫學雜誌 |
卷 期 | 13:2 2003.06[民92.06] |
頁 次 | 頁84-93 |
分類號 | 412.7 |
關鍵詞 | 噪音; 勞工聽力調查; 聽力損失; Hearing loss; Noise; Worker health examination; |
語 文 | 中文(Chinese) |
中文摘要 | 本研究為一體檢資料應用性研究,目的在瞭解某企業南部廠區的噪音作業勞工聽力損失的情形及特性,並探討影響聽力損失的危險因子,作為對企業提出有關噪音作業勞工職場健康管理建議之參考。以2002年某企業的南部廠區所有從事噪音作業男性勞工為研究對象,先篩除不符合噪音聽力損失特性之個案共得有效樣本2,216人,將研究樣本區分成高頻受損(n=1,400)及非受損(n=816),並收集樣本之基本資料包括年齡、工作單位、工作廠區、從事噪音作業之年數、喝酒及抽菸史等進行分析。結果發現,企業勞工的高頻受損情形會因廠區的不同而有差異(p<0.05);進一步依部門別進行分析發現其中的1個廠區有2個部門高頻受損狀況較為集中(p<0.05)。在聽力損失的特性上,聽力損失情形經年齡校正後發現年齡層較輕的勞工在4 KHz及6 KHz之聽力受損情形較為明顯,且呈現年齡越輕,高頻受損情形越明顯的趨勢。疑似早期噪音聽力受損個案共174人,佔總樣本數的8%,低於國內的通報資料,但兩年間在4 KHz的平均聽力損失變化95%信賴區間高達6-10dB。針對不同廠區或部門所發生的異常聽力受損情形,建議進行工廠實地訪視調查,並作進一步的評估、改善及後續追縱;對於疑似早期噪音聽力受損個案應加強列管,定期追蹤評估聽力的變化;此外應落實全體勞工聽力保護工作;執行職場教育訓練,利用定期健康檢查資料進行職場安全衛生管理的監控,以減低噪音性聽力喪失的風險。 |
英文摘要 | Hearing loss in the workplace, due to noise exposure, is an important issue in occupational health. The purpose of this study is to analyze the characteristics and factors related to noise-induced hearing loss of factory workers who worked in a noisy environment. A total of 2216 male noisy environment workers obtained from six different factories from an enterprise at southern Taiwan were selected for analysis. Samples were divided into the high frequency hearing impaired group (n=1,400) or the non-impaired group (n=816). Variables including pure-tone audiometry data, age, working factory, working department, working years, smoking and drinking habits were collected for analysis. High frequency hearing impairment rate showed significant difference in working factories. Furthermore, one of the factories had a higher impairment rate in two of its working departments (p<0.05). After age-adjusted hearing acuity by the normal standard, we found that there is an obvious high frequency (4 kHz and 6 kHz) hearing impairment tendency in the younger workers. In addition, a total of 174 suspected early noise-induced hearing loss cases (8%) were diagnosed and the 95% C.I. of mean hearing threshold at 4 KHz increased from 6 to10dB in a 2-year period. Future field studies should be conducted to confirm and evaluate factors that affect noise-induced hearing loss in a studied enterprise. Hearing protection program for workers should be promoted to prevent employees from severe noise-induced hearing loss. |
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