ArticleAmerican journal of industrial medicine2019
Safety climate, hearing climate and hearing protection device use among transportation road maintainers.
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- A Systematic Literature Review of the Factors Influencing Hearing Protection Device Usage among Industrial Workers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- Workplace noise exposure and the prevalence and 10-year incidence of age-related hearing loss.PloS one · 2021Trial
- Worsened multitasking performance with simulated hearing protection correlates with individuals' choice not to "wear" it.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Regional Patterns and Risk Factors of Hearing Loss: A Cross-Sectional Study Across Saudi Arabia.Cureus · 2025Article
- The influencing factors of hearing protection device usage among noise-exposed workers in Guangdong Province: a structural equation modeling-based survey.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Prevalence of hearing protection device non-use among noise-exposed US workers in 2007 and 2014.American journal of industrial medicine · 2021Article
- Evaluation of the HearWell Pilot Program: A ParticipatoryInternational journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Development and application of a noise-hazard scheme for road maintainers.American journal of industrial medicine · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundIt is important to understand workplace factors including safety climate that influence hearing protection device (HPD) use. We sought to investigate the association between HPD use, safety climate, and hearing climate, a new measure specific to hearing.
methodsA survey was developed and distributed among transportation "maintainers" who perform road maintenance and repair. A new hearing climate measure was designed by adapting a safety climate measure. HPD use was assessed by asking workers how often they wear HPD while in noise. The differences in safety climate and hearing climate were compared by the frequency of HPD use using analysis of variance.
resultsAmong 166 maintainers, 54% reported always or almost always wearing HPD while noise exposed. High-frequency HPD users reported a statistically significant higher safety climate (P = 0.004) and hearing climate (P = 0.003).
conclusionsHearing climate predicts the frequency of HPD use and may be a useful measure when assessing and improving hearing conservation programs.
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