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Real-Time Personal Noise Measurements Contribution to Hearing Deterioration for Mineworkers in South Africa
Abstract
Occupational noise is a health hazard that leads to permanent hearing loss and the cumulative nature of the noise exposure requires active and preventive surveillance programmes. This type of hearing loss, commonly known as occupational noise-induced hearing loss is associated with a gradual hearing deterioration, affecting the high frequencies and has been well documented as the leading cause of a disabling hearing impairment by the South African mining industry. The author highlights the usefulness of real-time noise dosimetry which uses modern technology and enables the active and ongoing integration of audiometry medical surveillance big data to be accessed and analysed. In addition, to advance the preventive goal for hearing loss, the author recommends further investigations into electronic health systems employed by the mining houses as intervention tools that enable deep machine learning and could be used to identify trends and predict early signs of hearing deterioration for mineworkers.
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