Analisis Gangguan Pendengaran Pada Penyelam Di Danau Tondano Desa Watumea Kecamatan Eris Kabupaten Minahasa Provinsi Sulawesi Utara 2014

Abstract

: Hearing disorder is the change in the level of hearing which resulted in difficulties in carrying out a normal life, usually in terms of understanding speech. This study aimed to analyze hearing disorder that may arise among the divers in Watumea Eris, North Sulawesi, in 2014. This was an analytical study using a cross sectional approach. Population consisted of all divers in Lake Tondano during 2014. Samples were 20 people, obtained by using a purposive sampling technique based on the needs of researcher. The results of the analysis in the form of age (p = 0.157), education (p = 0.662), tenure (p = 0.850), history of the disease (p = 0.897), diving frequency (p = 0.577), using protective equipment (p = 0.075), diving depth (p = 0.526), and duration of diving (p = 0.964). Conclusion: There was no correlation of diving and hearing disorder among divers at lake Tondano Watumea Eris village district of Minahasa North Sulawesi Province during 2014