DETERMINANT ANALYSIS OF SUBJECTIVE HEARING SYMPTOMS OF LOCOMOTIVE TRAINMEN IN RAILWAY COMPANY, III.1 SUBDIVISION REGION KERTAPATI PALEMBANG

Suci Diana Mastro Yani Yani, Achmad Fickry Faisya, Hamzah Hasyim

Abstract


Background : Subjective hearing symptoms  experienced  by the locomotive trainmen is one indication of  their  health problems, particularly related to the hearing  that occurs due to noise. The high intensity and long-term exposure noise experienced by them and the unavailability of ear plug  for them may cause their subjective hearing symptoms.

Method : A survey research using  cross-sectional design was implemented in this study.  One hundred and six locomotive trainmen were selected using simple random sampling technique.  The data were analyzed by mean of  univariate and bivariate  statistics such as chi-square statistic.

Results : The results showed that two of four independent variables were  significantly associated with subjective hearing symptoms. These were the length of exposure (p-value: 0.018) and intensity noise (p-value: 0.018).

Conclusion : The locomotive trainmen suffered from subjective hearing  symptoms. It  is recommended that the railway company provides noise dampening equipment,  maintains locomotives, performs a hearing conservation program as well as intensive monitoring and evaluation

Keywords : Subjective Hearing Complaints, Machinist, Noise

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