TY - GEN
T1 - Risk perception associated with noise-induced hearing loss. State of the art and design of interactive tools for workers training and awareness
AU - Sigcha, L.
AU - Pavón, I.
AU - Gascó, L.
AU - González, J. E.
AU - Sánchez-Guerrero, J.
AU - Buitrago, D. M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Taylor & Francis Group, London.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Workplace noise exposure and noise-induced hearing loss are closely related to worker’s attitudes about the use of hearing protection devices. Previous studies have shown that workers are unwilling to use them for different reasons: The lack of knowledge of the noise effects in hearing health, difficulties to use them correctly, discomfort, etc. With the aim of improving the workers’ attitudes towards the use of hearing protection devices, a bibliographic study was made about the factors that influence the worker’s behavior about the use of hearing protectors, as well as their knowledge of the associated risks. After analyzing the background and current needs, a user-friendly interactive tools were developed to raise workers’ awareness of this issue. It is presented a review of the literature on the use of hearing protectors, an analysis of the different approaches commonly used for training and awareness of workers on the risks of noise-induced hearing loss, and finally the tools developed as a proposal to improve the hearing loss risk perception among workers.
AB - Workplace noise exposure and noise-induced hearing loss are closely related to worker’s attitudes about the use of hearing protection devices. Previous studies have shown that workers are unwilling to use them for different reasons: The lack of knowledge of the noise effects in hearing health, difficulties to use them correctly, discomfort, etc. With the aim of improving the workers’ attitudes towards the use of hearing protection devices, a bibliographic study was made about the factors that influence the worker’s behavior about the use of hearing protectors, as well as their knowledge of the associated risks. After analyzing the background and current needs, a user-friendly interactive tools were developed to raise workers’ awareness of this issue. It is presented a review of the literature on the use of hearing protectors, an analysis of the different approaches commonly used for training and awareness of workers on the risks of noise-induced hearing loss, and finally the tools developed as a proposal to improve the hearing loss risk perception among workers.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85035031623&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1201/9781315164809-92
DO - 10.1201/9781315164809-92
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85035031623
SN - 9781138057616
T3 - Occupational Safety and Hygiene V - Proceedings of the International Symposium on Occupational Safety and Hygiene, SHO 2017
SP - 491
EP - 496
BT - Occupational Safety and Hygiene V - Proceedings of the International Symposium on Occupational Safety and Hygiene, SHO 2017
A2 - Melo, Rui B.
A2 - Arezes, Pedro M.
A2 - Barroso, Monica P.
A2 - Carneiro, Paula
A2 - Cordeiro, Patricio
A2 - Costa, Nelson
A2 - Miguel, A. Sergio
A2 - Perestrelo, Goncalo
A2 - Baptista, Joao Santos
PB - CRC Press/Balkema
T2 - International Symposium on Occupational Safety and Hygiene, SHO 2017
Y2 - 10 April 2017 through 11 April 2017
ER -