北部某海軍人員之聽力損失調查

Investigation of Hearing Impairment among Naval Personnel

廖芳藝(Fang-Yih Liaw) ； 陳韋良(Wei-Liang Chen) ； 王鐘慶(Chung-Ching Wang) ； 吳立偉(Li-Wei Wu) ； 江昇達(Sheng-Ta Chiang) ； 劉紹興(Saou-Hsing Liou) ； 羅慶徽(Ching-Hui Loh)

《中華職業醫學雜誌》 19卷3期 (2012/07) Pp. 147-164

https://doi.org/10.30027/CJOM.201207.0003

摘要

Purpose: The hearing impairment is an important issue in the navy. Our purpose is to explore the prevalence of hearing impairment in naval officers and soldiers in the different environment. Method: The survey adopts prospective study design. The study is conducted in the navy in the northern city in Taiwan from January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2011. The definition of hearing impairment is made as the pure-tone average 25-dB hearing level of pure-tone thresholds at low/mid-frequencies (500; 1,000; and 2,000 Hz) and high frequencies (3,000; 4,000; 6,000; and 8,000 Hz). The independent risk factors are investigated using logistic regression.Results: The 339 participants completed the completed the audiometric examination and structured self-administered questionnaires. The eligible subjects had a mean age of 36.28 ± 12.22 years. The partcipants with low/mid-frequency hearing impairment have more hearing loss in the less than a high school education, whereas no significant differences in other varibles. In the low/mid-frequency, the mean pure tone average of left ear is 27.31 ± 12.61 dB, and the mean pure tone average of right ear is 25.67 ± 10.88 dB. In the high frequency, the mean pure tone average of left ear is 32.20 ± 19.07 dB, and the mean pure tone average of right ear is 31.62 ± 18.89 dB. Controlling for other variables, odds ratios for associations with low/mid-frequency hearing impairment are 1.373 for BMI 24-27 and 25.70 for BMI≧27. Controlling for other variables, odds ratios for associations with high-frequency hearing impairment were 1.003 for BMI 24-27 and 6.315 for BMI≧27.Conclusion: In our study, it is important to strengthen hearing protection, environmental noise monitoring, periodic healthy examinations and follow-up, and education because a significant proportion of staff has high and low frequency hearing loss.

關鍵字

海軍官兵 ； 聽力損失

並列摘要

Purpose: The hearing impairment is an important issue in the navy. Our purpose is to explore the prevalence of hearing impairment in naval officers and soldiers in the different environment. Method: The survey adopts prospective study design. The study is conducted in the navy in the northern city in Taiwan from January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2011. The definition of hearing impairment is made as the pure-tone average 25-dB hearing level of pure-tone thresholds at low/mid-frequencies (500; 1,000; and 2,000 Hz) and high frequencies (3,000; 4,000; 6,000; and 8,000 Hz). The independent risk factors are investigated using logistic regression.Results: The 339 participants completed the completed the audiometric examination and structured self-administered questionnaires. The eligible subjects had a mean age of 36.28 ± 12.22 years. The partcipants with low/mid-frequency hearing impairment have more hearing loss in the less than a high school education, whereas no significant differences in other varibles. In the low/mid-frequency, the mean pure tone average of left ear is 27.31 ± 12.61 dB, and the mean pure tone average of right ear is 25.67 ± 10.88 dB. In the high frequency, the mean pure tone average of left ear is 32.20 ± 19.07 dB, and the mean pure tone average of right ear is 31.62 ± 18.89 dB. Controlling for other variables, odds ratios for associations with low/mid-frequency hearing impairment are 1.373 for BMI 24-27 and 25.70 for BMI≧27. Controlling for other variables, odds ratios for associations with high-frequency hearing impairment were 1.003 for BMI 24-27 and 6.315 for BMI≧27.Conclusion: In our study, it is important to strengthen hearing protection, environmental noise monitoring, periodic healthy examinations and follow-up, and education because a significant proportion of staff has high and low frequency hearing loss.

並列關鍵字

navy military personnel ； hearing impairment