3.2.2 Effect of noise in ear and ear protection equipment (EPE)
Effects on ear were considered significant. When the workers asked about effect of noise on their ears,
65.56% of workers stated that noise causes “hearing impairment and harms their hearing or pain in their ears”
and 34.44% responded that it “gives them ringing in ears drum”. When the workers asked how to protect
themselves from hearing loss, in all industries the majority of them know how to protect their ears, but only 10%
of them were used EPE and the others said they are not used EPE, the reasons for not using EPE are: 17.78%
feel uncomfortable, 21.11% due to negligence, 8.89% do not know why they are not used and 42.22% said
management did not provide EPE at work place (Fig. 6).