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The effects of exposure to multiple occupational health stressors on distortion product otoacoustic emissions

Author: Edwards, A Date: Apr 2012 Mineworkers are exposed to combinations of stressors, since they spend most of the working shift performing physical work under noisy, hot, humid and dusty conditions, in some cases with exposure to chemicals. Such combined exposure confounds ... Read more
Evaluation of the current practices of noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) awareness training in the South African mining industry

Author: Edwards, AL ; Milanzi, LA ; Khoza, NN ; Letsoalo, MS ; Zungu, LI Date: Jan 2015 This study aimed to evaluate the current practices in relation to best practice criteria and make recommendations for improvements to noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) awareness training in the South African mining industry. A survey tool ... Read more
Evaluation of the current practices of noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) awareness training in the South African mining industry

Author: Edwards, AL ; Milanzi, LA ; Khoza, NN ; Letsoalo, MS ; Zungu, LI Date: Jan 2015 This study aimed to evaluate the current practices in relation to best practice criteria and make recommendations for improvements to noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) awareness training in the South African mining industry. A survey tool ... Read more
Evaluation of the current practices of noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) awareness training in the South African mining industry

Author: Edwards, AL ; Milanzi, LA ; Khoza, NN ; Letsoalo, MS ; Zungu, LI Date: Jan 2015 This study aimed to evaluate the current practices in relation to best practice criteria and make recommendations for improvements to noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) awareness training in the South African mining industry. A survey tool ... Read more
Future needs for improvement of noise-induced hearing loss awareness training and hearing protection device practices in the South African mining industry

Author: Edwards, AL ; Khoza, N ; Letsoalo, S ; Milanzi, L ; Zungu, L Date: Aug 2012 An investigation of the current practices and policies at various mines of the training practices and the employees’ knowledge of the risks as well as the miner’s use of HPDs was initiated by the Safety in Mining Research Advisory Committee ... Read more
Hearing conservation in the South African mining industry [Notes]

Author: Edwards, A Date: Sep 2010 This paper deals with noise-induced hearing loss protection in the South African mining industry. I deals with several issues, including standards and regulations, medical issues and compensation Read more
The noise-induced hearing loss milestones: past and future

Author: Edwards, AL ; Kritzinger, D Date: Oct 2012 At the 2003 Mine Health and Safety Summit, the milestones for elimination of Noise-induced Hearing Loss (NIHL) in the mining industry were agreed on. The first milestone, December 2008, has passed and the next one in 2013 is looming. The study ... Read more
Noise-induced hearing loss prevention in the South African mining industry

Author: Edwards, A Date: Aug 2010 This presentation deals with the excessive noise exposure that miners in South African mines are exposed to. This exposure limits communication and compromises safety, increases risk of hearing loss, has implications for worker’s health, ... Read more
Novel method of evaluating miners at risk for noise-induced hearing loss

Author: Edwards, AL Date: 31 Aug 2010 Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) negatively affects the quality of life of mine employees and costs mining companies large amounts in compensation claims. The prevention of NIHL requires early identification and recent evidence about the ... Read more
Ototoxicity in the South African mining industry: a position paper

Author: Edwards, AL Date: Feb 2013 Despite the attention that Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) prevention has received in the mining industry since 2003 when the milestone to eliminate NIHL was set, the statistics show that NIHL persists as one of the most common occupational ... Read more
Ototoxicity in the South African mining industry: a position paper

Author: Edwards, AL Date: Feb 2013 This position paper asserts that exposure to chemicals in certain occupations and work activities in the mining industry can lead to ototoxicity which accentuates the problem of noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL). Increased awareness of all ... Read more

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Browsing by Subject "Noise-induced hearing loss"

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