Hearing loss for occupational exposure.

The hearing loss refers to the incapacity of people to listen or listen less. When I found the video and watched it I really laughed because it is funny but it is also real, in this video we see to Betty Boop angry about the construction noise and at that moment I had imagined if Betty was angry for that, I could not imagine the workers of construction.

When we are exposed to noise we feel stress, angry, and we cannot communicate with other.

Noise exposure is determined by different facts like:

•           Noise intensity.
•           Noise frequency.
•           Exposure time
•           Individual susceptibility
•           Age
•           Gender

The acoustic traumatism is a professional disease that affects individuals who work in an environment that the exposure is more than 80 decibels. A lot of hearing loss happens when some activities generate high row and sounds.

Our ear is a very important part of our body because our ear is in charge of our body balance and it is an important sense. Our ear is very complex and the way that it hears is incredible. Here is an example of how the ear listens:

This is the reason why we must take care of our ear and we should control prevention procedures, when in our job place we are exposed to noise; we need to take under consideration prevention policies like:

·         Make measurements.

·         Medical examinations

·         Reduce the noise

·         Search the noise source

·         Bring or use the personal protective equipment.

·         Noise maps.

·         Noise control

·         New technology

All people are exposing to noise because it is present all around in cars, trains, traffic, restaurants, bars, airplanes, industrial process and ventilation, also we find noise at home, high schools, colleges, parties, work places. The people that are vulnerable to suffering some disease caused by noise are:

·         Childs

·         Elder people

·         Sick people

·         Babies.

·         Pregnant women

In conclusion the noise cause serious effects in the health and the efficient prevention must be a combination between Ministerio de Salud, employers, employees and engineering process.

Sources Consulted: OMS, http://www.euro.who.int/Noise

                                   INSHT, NTP 270 and NTP 503