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Predicting and Weighting the Factors Affecting Workers’ Hearing Loss Based on Audiometric Data Using C5 Algorithm Cover

Predicting and Weighting the Factors Affecting Workers’ Hearing Loss Based on Audiometric Data Using C5 Algorithm

Open Access
|Jun 2019

Figures & Tables

Figure 1

Decision tree algorithm Structure.

Table 1

Demographic information of the study sample (n = 150).

VariablesMeanSD*
The first group (n = 50)
(SPL <70 dBA)
Age37.669.91
Work Experience9.14.9
The second group (n = 50)
(SPL 70–80 dBA)
Age35.5611.45
Work Experience8.485.38
The Third group (n = 50)
(SPL >85 dBA)
Age41.7610.93
Work Experience11.345.32

[i] * SD = Standard deviation.

Table 2

Classification the Participants Hearing Loss (n = 150).

Normal
(0–25 dB)
Moderate
(41–60 dBA)
Mild
(26–40 dBA)
Severe
(61–80 dBA)
Profound
(80 dBA <)
The first group (n = 50)
(SPL <70 dBA)
40 participants
(80%)
10 participants
(20%)
The second group (n = 50)
(SPL 70–80 dBA)
37 participants
(74%)
10 participants
(20%)
3 participants
(6%)
The third group (n = 50)
(SPL >85 dBA)
29 participants
(58%)
15 participants
(30%)
4 participants
(8%)
2 participants
(4%)
Figure 2

The first model, weight percent of hearing loss predictors in the first group (SP <70 dBA).

Figure 3

The second model, the weight percent of predictive hearing loss factors of the workers in the second group (SPL 70–80 dBA).

Figure 4

The third model, the weight percentage of the predictive hearing loss factors of workers in the third group (SPL >85 dBA).

Figure 5

The fourth model, the weight percentage of the prediction factors of workers’ hearing loss in all three groups.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.2522 | Journal eISSN: 2214-9996
Language: English
Published on: Jun 18, 2019
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2019 Sajad Zare, Mohammad Reza Ghotbi-Ravandi, Hossein ElahiShirvan, Mostafa Ghazizadeh Ahsaee, Mina Rostami, published by Ubiquity Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.