The association between occupational noise exposure and hearing loss among petrochemical enterprise workers in Hainan, South China.

ABSTRACT: To investigate the current situation of hearing loss and the associations of occupational noise exposure with hearing loss in petrochemical enterprise workers. This was a cross-sectional study that employed cluster sampling methods, and 951 workers aged 20-59 years from a petrochemical enterprise were included between June and December 2022. The subjects underwent health status surveys and occupational health examinations. To assess the associations between noise level and hearing loss, a logistic regression model was used to calculate odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). A total of 951 participants (837 male and 114 female) were included in this study. And 68.3% of workers had a noise exposure level greater than ≥ 80 dB (A). The prevalence of speech frequency hearing loss

SUBMITTER: Su Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11923066 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature