This study was conducted at major road junctions in Jalgaon city. All 54 traffic policemen in the
city were invited to participate in the study and 50 did so The duty hours of traffic policemen are
9.00 am to 9.00 pm including the recess. For at least 10h per day traffic policemen working on
busy streets receive heavy doses of vehicular noise pollution In addition, National Highway
No. 6 passing through the city adding to the noise. The subjects are between 24 and 55 years
old; selected to avoid participants who may have having age induced hearing loss (McBride
and Williams, 2001). The subjects have never used any form of protective equipment to insulate
them from high traffic noise levels.