Hearing Loss and Associated Factors Among Noise-Exposed Workers in Palm Oil Mills.
Daniel Raj RasasoranAzman AtilMohammad Saffree Bin JeffreeSahipudin SaupinKhamisah Awang LukmanPublished in: Risk management and healthcare policy (2021)
The prevalence of hearing loss among workers in the noise-exposed palm oil industries was high. Annual audiometry testing and job rotation from noise-exposed workstations were recommended. A smoking cessation program may help but reduction of noise from the source by engineering control is still the best method.