Kesehatan telinga pada masyarakat di komplek TNI LANUDAL Manado
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https://doi.org/10.35790/ecl.v4i2.14495Abstract
Abstract: Ears are one of the important organs in the human body. Ears have two main functions: hearing function and equilibrium function. This study was aimed to obtain the ear health status of TNI LANUDAL society. This was an observational descriptive study with a cross sectional design. There were 36 respondents in this study. The results showed that there were 5 respondents with cerumen in the right ear and 6 respondents with cerumen in the left ear. There were also 5 respondents with secrete in the ear canal each. The result of the Weber test showed that there were 4 respondents with lateralization and the Rinne test showed that there was 1 respondent with negative rinne test. Conclusion: Most of the TNI LANUDAL society had good ear health.
Keywords: ear health, health survey, ears examination.
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Abstrak: Telinga merupakan suatu organ yang sangat penting dalam tubuh manusia. Telinga mempunyai dua fungsi, yaitu: fungsi pendengaran dan fungsi keseimbangan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk memperoleh data kesehatan telinga pada masyarakat di kompleks TNI LANUDAL Manado. Jenis penelitian ialah deskriptif observasional dengan desain potong lintang. Responden penelitian sebanyak 36 orang. Hasil penelitian mendapatkan serumen pada liang telinga kanan sebanyak 5 responden dan pada liang telinga kiri sebanyak 6 responden. Didapatkan pula hasil sekret pada liang telinga kanan dan kiri masing-masing 5 responden. Pada pemeriksaan fungsi pendengaran dengan menggunakan tes Weber didapatkan 4 responden mengalami lateralisasi dan pada tes rinne didapatkan 1 responden dengan hasil negatif. Simpulan: Sebagian besar masyarakat di kompleks TNI LANUDAL mempunyai kesehatan telinga yang baik.
Kata kunci: kesehatan telinga, survei kesehatan, pemeriksaan telinga.
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