title: [Industrial sound spectrum entailing noise-induced occupational hearing loss in Iasi industry].
abstract: In European Union every day millions of employees are exposed to noise at work and the risk this can entail.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  this study presents the sound spectrum in Iasi heavy industry: metal foundries industry, punching and embossing of metal sheets, cold and hot metal processing.
  
  
  METHODS
  it was used a type 2 Sound Level Meter (SLM) and the considered value was the average value over 10 test values in 10 consecutive days for each octave band in common audible frequency range.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is obviously that the large values of sound intensities in the most of frequency octave band exceed maximum admissible and legal values.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The study reveals the necessity of hardware, medical and managerial measures in order to reduce the occupational noise and to prevent the hearing acuity damage of the workers.
authors: Universităţii de Medicină şi Farmacie "Gr. T. Popa" Iaşi.
authors: Cristina Maria
authors: CM
authors: Carp
authors: V N
authors: VN
authors: Costinescu
mesh_terms: D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone; D001305:Auditory Fatigue; D006317:Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry; D009623:Noise, Occupational / Q000009:adverse effects*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012383:Romania