Investigation of noise annoyance and audiometric results of Tehran subway workers and their relation to noise exposure
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Farshad Nadri
,
Zahrasadat Mousavifard
,
Seyed Mohammad Sharif Mohseni
,
Hamed Nadri
,
Elahe Tardideh
Abstract
Introduction: One of the most important sources of pollution is the noise generated by traffic and transportation, especially the urban railway system (metro), thus this study aimed to assess the noise exposure of Tehran Metro employees and its relation with noise annoyance and audiometric results of employees.
Materials and methods: Measurement was done by using a TES-1351B sound level meter recommendations for all employees which consists of the staff of the station affairs and the staff of the administrative department. A self-reporting questionnaire on workplace noise annoyance were distributed to the employees and then audiometric were used to measure the employees' hearing level.
Results: The average noise exposure in platform workers was 79.3±10 dB and in control room workers was 56.5±6.9 dB. A significant difference was found between the average noise exposure in the employees of the two groups (control room-platform) (p-value=0.001). Based on the results, noise in the work environment was significantly more annoying for people working in metro line 1 than in line 6 (p-value=0.025).
Conclusion: These results show that in general, due to the sound pressure level of 10% of the platform employees being higher than the permissible limit and the increase in the level of noise annoyance of the employees at the frequency of 8 kHz, it is necessary to plan and adopt administrative and technical-engineering measures to reduce the level of noise pollution to about it seems necessary to allow the standard.
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Izakshiriyan H. The assessment of relationship
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quality. Iran Occupational Health. 2016 Dec
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industry. American journal of industrial medicine.
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3. Hojati M, Golmohammadi R, Aliabadi M.
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steel company. Journal of Occupational Hygiene
Engineering. 2016 Mar 10;2(4):1-8.
4. Talukdar MK. Noise pollution and its
control in textile industry. 2001 5. Yılmaz H, Özer S. Evaluation of noise pollution
in terms of landscape planning and solution
suggestions. Journal of Atatürk University
Faculty of Agriculture. 1997;28(3):515-31.
6. Maschke C, Rupp T, Hecht K. The
influence of stressors on biochemical reactions-a
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environmental health. 2000 Jan 1;203(1):45-53.
7. Kodaloglu M. Evaluation of noise from
jacquard and dobby in the weaving facility
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2022 Nov 1:1-31.
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Khajehnasiri F. Investigation of Suspended
Particle Concentrations (PM10, PM2. 5, TSP) in
Tehran Subway Line one Stations in the Spring
and Autumn. Pollution. 2021 Jul 1;7(3):669-80.
24. Sarkheil H, Karimi Asl Z, Talaeian Araghi
M. Modeling and estimating noise pollution on
metro platforms of Darvazeh Doulat and Tajrish
Stations in Tehran metropolis. Environmental
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NK, Kzar HH, Zaidi M, Suksatan W, Falih KT,
Alkadir OK, Mustafa YF. Noise pollution in rail
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Mapping. 2022 Jan 1;9(1):113-9.
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Seto E. Exposures to air pollution and noise
from multi-modal commuting in a Chinese city.
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of Recent Research into the Causes and Control
of Noise during High-Speed Train Movement.
Applied Sciences. 2022 Jul 26;12(15):7508.
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vibration perception assessment on passengers
during train operation in Guangzhou Metro.
Environmental Science and Pollution Research.
2022 Jan;29(3):4246-59.
30. Lazi MK, Adnan MA. Human Response and
Annoyance Towards Ground-Borne Vibration
Induced by Railway Traffic. International Journal
of Integrated Engineering. 2022 Mar 7;14(1):296-
312.
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| Issue | Vol 8 No 2 (2023): Spring 2023 | |
| Section | Original Research | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.18502/japh.v8i2.12920 | |
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| Noise annoyance; Transportation system; Audiometric test; Subway employees | ||
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Nadri F, Mousavifard Z, Mohseni SMS, Nadri H, Tardideh E. Investigation of noise annoyance and audiometric results of Tehran subway workers and their relation to noise exposure. JAPH. 2023;8(2):245-256.
