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Thursday, Dec 15, 2005

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MTC staff get a hearing check

Staff Reporter

120 crew members attend camp organised by Lions Club at T. Nagar

TUNING IN: An MTC employee gets his hearing checked at an audiometry camp at the T. Nagar bus depot on Wednesday. — Photo: Shaju John

CHENNAI: MTC drivers and conductors took some time off between shifts to check the effect of all that honking and roaring of engines on their ears at the T. Nagar bus depot on Wednesday.

Nearly 120 of the crew queued up to get their hearing tested at a camp organised by the Lions Club of Padi Shenoy Nagar.

"My ears always have this irritation. Will they give medicine?" asked one employee before moving on to sit before audiologist Akila Palani who placed a pair of muffs over his ears.

He listened to sounds in various frequencies from an audiometer while the audiologist noted his reactions to them. Ms. Palani took particular note of those whose hearing threshold dipped when they listened to sound in the frequency of 4,000 hertz.

"A few of them who came straight from noisy surroundings could hear only sound louder than a certain level. The condition is only temporary and their hearing will become normal after proper rest," she said.

However, the condition could worsen leading to loss of hearing in some cases, she added.

According to MTC general manager M. Chandra Sekaran, the camp was held to create awareness and prevent health problems.

The organisers are planning to take the audiometry camp to other depots in the next two days.

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