Hearing Difficulties put Farmers at Greater Risk of Injury

The University of Iowas released a study showing that hearing loss puts farmers at a higher risk for suffering injury at work. Farmers have been shown to have one of the highest risks of hearing loss than other American workers. Farmers are also 8 times more likely to suffer a fatal occupational injury than the average American worker as well. The study determined that those farmers who had difficulty hearing normal conversation, were 80% more likely to suffer injuries as a result of a fall on the farm. It seems that wearing a hearing aid was shown to have the highest correlation to work-related injury.

This study stresses the importance of wearing hearing protection since there is often little one can do about the loud conditions on farms created by tractors, combines, livestock, etc.

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