• Sandipan Chatterjee
• Ayan Chatterjee
• Surjani Chatterjee
• Neepa Banerjee
• Shankarashis Mukherjee

Noise exposure is considered as most unwanted and alarming hazard. In urban environment noise emitted from various sources, creates interference in communication and contributes negative impacts on health, both auditory and non-auditory. Educational institutions are the important environment for children to develop educational and intellectual performance. In this backdrop present work has been undertaken to study the auditory status of 88 male adolescents (aged between 16 -18 years) constituting exposed Group (EG) residing and attending educational institution in and around the metropolitan area of Kolkata.77 males of comparable age, residing in less noisy rural area constituted the control group (CG). Noise survey was carried out in different parts of the institutions and rage of sound pressure level was estimated. Audiometric test was carried out and the degree of hearing impairment was calculated. It has been observed that the noise exposed group of individuals (EG) was suffered from significant hearing impairment with extended degree of severity compared to rural group of study individuals (CG).

noise exposure, children, audiometric assessment, degree of hearing impairment

"IMPACT OF NOISE EXPOSURE ON THE AUDITORY HEALTH OF BENGALEE ADOLESCENT INDIVIDUALS OF KOLKATA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.944-949, June-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906917.pdf

"IMPACT OF NOISE EXPOSURE ON THE AUDITORY HEALTH OF BENGALEE ADOLESCENT INDIVIDUALS OF KOLKATA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp944-949, June-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906917.pdf