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Unit IB6.1 - Noise: What Is Noise? Effects of Noise Measurement and Assessment Control Measures
Unit IB6.1 - Noise: What Is Noise? Effects of Noise Measurement and Assessment Control Measures
1 – Noise
Part 2
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Part 4
noise? noise and Measures
Assessment
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Noise-Induced
Prebycusis Other Effects
Hearing Loss (NIHL)
refers to damaged in
eardrum or cochlea as a Threshold Shift
• TTS Noise-Induced
results of acute acoustic • PTS Hearing Loss (NIHL)
trauma such as a sudden
loud noise.
• Rarely caused by Prebycusis Other Effects
occupational noise
exposures.
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Unit IB6.1 – Noise
Effects of Noise
Hearing Loss
Hearing Loss
• Losing auditory sensitivity • Conductive hearing loss
• Sensor neural hearing Tinnitus
• Sensor neural hearing loss loss
significant at 60.
• Digestive disorders
Obesity
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Unit IB6.1 – Noise
Health Surveillance and Audiometry
• ILO CoP – Ambient Factors in the Workplace
specifies conditions under which health
surveillance may be required.
• Audiometry required when a worker’s noise
exposure reaches levels prescribed in national
law or in international standards.
• Record should be retained in a confidential
medical file and shared with worker.
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Unit IB6.1 – Noise
Health Surveillance and Audiometry
• Health surveillance may include:
• Pre-employment or pre-assignment
examinations in order to:
Determine whether worker should/not be
exposed to noise.
Determine any sensitivity to noise.
Establish a baseline record for use in further
medicals.
Instruments
for
Measuring
Noise
Integrating
Sound Level
Dosimeters
Meters
(ISLM)
ISLM
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Measurements to be
• Sound measuring Taken • Establish worker’s 8 hour
noise exposure limit; Lep,d
instrument should • LAeq – equivalent • Compare with
be appropriate for continuous A-weighted legal/international limits of
the test required. sound pressure level worker’s daily personal
• LCPeak –maximum C- noise exposure.
weighted peak sound
pressure level
• Duration of Exposure Interpretation and
Instrumentation
Evaluation of Results