Feedback-based noise management matrix in action
Background: This article presents the details and findings of a practical implementation of a preliminary model for use in hearing conservation programmes (HCPs) in the mining sector in South Africa. Objectives: The implementation is based on a previously published model, called feedback-based nois...
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| author | Nomfundo F. Moroe Katijah Khoza-Shangase Milka Madahana Otis Nyandoro |
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| description | Background: This article presents the details and findings of a practical implementation of a preliminary model for use in hearing conservation programmes (HCPs) in the mining sector in South Africa.
Objectives: The implementation is based on a previously published model, called feedback-based noise monitoring model (FBNMM), and represents its implementation as a tool of predicting occupational noise-induced hearing loss (ONIHL), as well as monitoring and managing HCPs in the mining sector within the South African context.
Method: The article, utilising real miners’ data, demonstrates this basic static feedback model with its practical applications such as estimating, monitoring and providing quantitative information to aid miners, mining administrators and policymakers in decision-making around HCPs, as recommended in the previous 2019 publication by Moroe et al. This study was conducted in a South African platinum mine. Evidence on the model’s sensitivity and practicability in early identification, intervention and management of ONIHL in the workplace is presented.
Results: Findings show how the use of the model within an HCP viewed as a complex intervention can allow for early prediction of ONIHL, consequently affording more accurate early intervention as part of preventive audiology within the health and safety goals of mines.
Conclusion: The feedback-based model should be a useful tool for successful implementation and monitoring of HCPs within South African mines. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-16025a0b17cd464eb169a62251cd526e2022-12-22T03:58:18ZengAOSISSouth African Journal of Communication Disorders0379-80462225-47652020-04-01672e1e910.4102/sajcd.v67i2.678543Feedback-based noise management matrix in actionNomfundo F. Moroe0Katijah Khoza-Shangase1Milka Madahana2Otis Nyandoro3Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, Faculty of Humanities, School of Human and Community Development, University of the Witwatersrand, JohannesburgDepartment of Speech Pathology and Audiology, Faculty of Humanities, School of Human and Community Development, University of the Witwatersrand, JohannesburgCentre for Systems and Control Research, Faculty of Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand, JohannesburgCentre for Systems and Control Research, Faculty of Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand, JohannesburgBackground: This article presents the details and findings of a practical implementation of a preliminary model for use in hearing conservation programmes (HCPs) in the mining sector in South Africa. Objectives: The implementation is based on a previously published model, called feedback-based noise monitoring model (FBNMM), and represents its implementation as a tool of predicting occupational noise-induced hearing loss (ONIHL), as well as monitoring and managing HCPs in the mining sector within the South African context. Method: The article, utilising real miners’ data, demonstrates this basic static feedback model with its practical applications such as estimating, monitoring and providing quantitative information to aid miners, mining administrators and policymakers in decision-making around HCPs, as recommended in the previous 2019 publication by Moroe et al. This study was conducted in a South African platinum mine. Evidence on the model’s sensitivity and practicability in early identification, intervention and management of ONIHL in the workplace is presented. Results: Findings show how the use of the model within an HCP viewed as a complex intervention can allow for early prediction of ONIHL, consequently affording more accurate early intervention as part of preventive audiology within the health and safety goals of mines. Conclusion: The feedback-based model should be a useful tool for successful implementation and monitoring of HCPs within South African mines.https://sajcd.org.za/index.php/sajcd/article/view/678complex interventionfeedback-based noise monitoring modelhearing conservation programmeimplementationmining, noise-induced hearing lossoccupational noiserisk management |
| spellingShingle | Nomfundo F. Moroe Katijah Khoza-Shangase Milka Madahana Otis Nyandoro Feedback-based noise management matrix in action South African Journal of Communication Disorders complex intervention feedback-based noise monitoring model hearing conservation programme implementation mining, noise-induced hearing loss occupational noise risk management |
| title | Feedback-based noise management matrix in action |
| title_full | Feedback-based noise management matrix in action |
| title_fullStr | Feedback-based noise management matrix in action |
| title_full_unstemmed | Feedback-based noise management matrix in action |
| title_short | Feedback-based noise management matrix in action |
| title_sort | feedback based noise management matrix in action |
| topic | complex intervention feedback-based noise monitoring model hearing conservation programme implementation mining, noise-induced hearing loss occupational noise risk management |
| url | https://sajcd.org.za/index.php/sajcd/article/view/678 |
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