EQUILIBRIO Y SU RELACION CON EL RUIDO OCUPACIONAL EN ARTESANOS CARPINTEROS

Abstract

Occupational noise (OR) is considered the most common occupational hazard in industries worldwide and directly affects the individual causing sensory damage as a result of long periods of continuous exposure. The following research project aims to establish the relationship between balance and OR in artisan carpenters of the parish of San José de Huambaló. The ONE LEG BALANCE TEST was applied to 39 patients of both sexes. We went to the workshops of each participant and recorded data on the noise level made by the machinery with the help of an AS804 digital sound level meter in two categories: on and on-use. This project has a quantitative approach due to the data collection that will be done with a sound level meter and a non-experimental approach of transversal type. Obtaining as a result that the RO of the place where they were measured does not have a direct correlation with balance, however, it is an indirect factor that affects the vestibular system as the life cycle continues and the deteriorations of old age become present, there is a correlation between balance and working hours exposed to RO (p=0.231). In conclusion, the hours in the workshop exposed to high levels of noise deteriorate the cochlear system, the population studied is considered young and for this reason they do not present notable deficiencies, but the evidence shows that over the years the participants will present certain levels of noise-induced sensorineural hearing loss (NIHL).