A study on hearing threshold profile in traffic police personnel Shelke BN1,*, Aundhkar VG2, Adgaonkar BD3, Somwanshi SD4, Gavkare AM1, Ghuge SH1 1Assistant Professor, Dept of Physiology, MIMSR Medical College, Latur, Maharashtra, India 2Professor and Head of Dept, Dept of Physiology, Govt. Medical college, Miraj, Maharashtra, India 3Professor and Head, Dept of Physiology, MIMSR Medical College, Latur, Maharashtra, India 4Associate Professor, Dept of Physiology, MIMSR Medical College, Latur, Maharashtra, India *Corresponding author email: bhagwat.shelke@gmail.com.dr, bhagwat@yahoo.co.in
Online published on 21 October, 2013. Abstract Introduction Noise is one of the causes of preventable sensori-neural loss. The traffic police personnel(TPP) busy in controlling traffic at heavy traffic junctions suffer from the ill effects of noise and air pollution. Aim and Objectives The objective of this study was to assess the hearing threshold at various frequencies of the traffic police persons exposed to the vehicular noise and comparison with controls not exposed to noise. Material and Methods Thirty TPP and thirty controls were evaluated by clinical methods and subjected to the Pure Tone Audiometry (PTA) in ENT department. Audiogram recorded by using conventional techniques in both ears. Results There was a significant difference in the hearing thresholds at frequency 2000 Hz, 4000 Hz and 8000 Hz of right and left ear between the two groups. Conclusion This study concludes an increased risk of noise induced hearing loss (NIHL) for the environmental noise exposed subjects. Top Keywords Traffic police personnel, TPP, Hearing threshold, NIHL. Top |