PENGARUH BISING LALU LINTAS TERHADAP PENURUNAN FUNGSI PENDENGARAN PADA JURU PARKIR DI KOTA DENPASAR
ABSTRACT: Noise pollution or
noise is an unwanted sound which is disturbing to human beings.However small or
soft the sound, if it is undesirable it is considered as noise. Noise induced
hearingloss is a sensorineural hearing loss that is commonly encountered second
to presbycusis. Purpose: Toknow the effect of traffic noise exposure on hearing
impairment to the employees of the Parking DistrictCompany of the Denpasar city
and to improve diagnostic detection on hearing impairment caused bynoise.
Method: A cross sectional study was conducted at the Parking District Company
office. Thepopulations of this study were the employees of the Parking District
Company. Samples of this study were the employees who were exposed to traffic
noise and control samples were an employee who was unexposed. Samples were
selected by simple random sampling. Results: From 40 parking attendants,27
persons (67.5%) aged above 35 years old. The parking attendants who had been
working for ten to fifteen years were 36 persons (90%) and no history using ear
protection when working. Seven persons(17.5%) had referred DPOAE upon
examination with increase hearing threshold on audiogram result.In this study
the parking attendants who had hearing deficit induced by noise were 7 persons
(17.5%)and only one person (2.5%) in control group. There was a statistically
significant effect of traffic noiseto hearing function deficit (p<0.05).
Conclusion: Traffic noise has effect in hearing function deficit onthe parking
attendants.ORLI Vol. 40 No. 2 Tahun 2010
Key words: NIHL, parking
attendant, audiometry, DPOAE
Penulis: Ni Ketut Susilawati,
Wayan Sudana, Eka Putra Setiawan
Kode Jurnal: jpkedokterandd100307
