What Should I Do If My Hearing Has Been Severely Deteriorated in The Past Few Years Of Working On The Construction Site?

There are many people on the construction site, there are many unstable factors on the construction site, and the risk factor is extremely high. In addition to sudden production safety accidents at the construction site, there are also some chronic occupational diseases that have plagued workers for several years, but it is difficult to identify them as work-related injuries, and it is difficult to apply for work-related injury compensation, which causes great harm to the physical and mental health of workers.

For example, worker A complains that he has been working on the construction site for many years, but recently feels that his hearing has been seriously reduced, and he does not know what to do? When you first start exposure to noise, your sense of hearing is slightly dull, and if you leave the noise, your hearing recovers after a few minutes, which is called auditory adaptation. However, if under the action of persistent strong noise, the sense of hearing is significantly dull, and hearing is restored after several hours, it is called auditory fatigue. If you receive further noise stimulation, it will cause hearing damage and it is not easy to recover on its own. Under normal circumstances, when the noise exceeds 85~90dB intensity, it will cause damage to the cochlea, and in severe cases, it is noise-induced deafness.

How can we prevent noise-induced deafness? First of all, control the noise source, stay away from the noise source, and reduce the time of contact with noise as much as possible, and secondly, long-term work in an 80dB noise environment should be equipped with hearing protective equipment, earplugs, earmuffs, etc.; In addition, do a good pre-employment hearing examination, people with sensorineural deafness and noise sensitivity, should avoid working in a strong noise environment.