Beliefs and Attitudes Among Swedish Workers Regarding the Risk of Hearing Loss

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• Personal Author:
  Johnson AC ; Krieg EF ; Morata, Thais C. ; Nylen P ; Svensson EB
• Description:
  The beliefs and attitudes regarding the risk of hearing loss and their impact on hearing protector use were investigated among Swedish workers. A questionnaire, developed by the US National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), was used. The study objective was to assess workers' attitudes towards using hearing protection devices (HPDs) and to enhance the ability of workers to protect themselves from occupational hearing loss. Ninety-five per cent of the respondents were aware that loud noise could damage their hearing, 90% considered that a hearing loss would be a serious problem, and 85% believed that HPDs could protect their hearing. However, lower percentages of workers always used the HPDs when they were noise-exposed. Fifty-five per cent of the workers indicated that they could not hear warning signals when using HPDs, and 45% of the workers indicated that they considered HPDs to be uncomfortable. These issues must be addressed to make HPD use more effective. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Hearing Loss Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced Noise Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Hearing Protectors Comfort Hearing-loss Hearing-protection Noise Noise-exposure Noise-induced-hearing-loss Occupational-exposure Occupational-health Questionnaires Risk-analysis Risk-factors Workers

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• ISSN:
  1499-2027
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DART - Division of Applied Research and Technology
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  43
• Issue:
  10
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20025923
• Citation:
  Int J Audiol 2004 Nov; 43(10):585-593
• Contact Point Address:
  Eve B. Svensson, Unit of Technical Audiology, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Bla vagen, hus 15, S-182 30 Danderyd, Sweden
• Email:
  eva.b.svensson@cns.ki.se
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2005
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  International Journal of Audiology
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6c839b03c8ff77e51e2082da28ae5461b44d29f3e601c65b6054c4ab93e497a183428400568f8aa33f508b9061bbd558a1b1a88b3c01e8e840e37abef1ec1f7e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/197091/cdc_197091_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 1.08 MB ]