Noise pollution is one of the common types of environmental pollution and is due to exposure to high levels
of noise. It is harmful to our health especially on our hearing perception and causes hearing loss. We had
undertaken a study based on effect of everyday noise on hearing in rural and urban population. Participants
were selected from clients attending to out-patient department of Otorhinolaryngology, N M C. Though E N
T examination and audiological investigations were performed on selected patients. Results of our study
showed, the hearing loss in urban population is comparatively higher than in rural population. The hearing
loss was also noted maximum in higher frequencies
Key words: Noise pollution, hearing loss, rural, urban, PTA
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