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Hearing protection

Hearing Health – Earbuds that Leave Something Behind

Health

Interesting story just sent in by a reader – Jim O’ from Gainesville, GA Hearing Health – Earbuds that Leave Something Behind Do you love listening to music or an audio book when working out? At the gym, many treadmills allow you to plug your own ear buds into their supplied television at the treadmill. [...]

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Deaf Text Fire Alarms

Fire Safety

Deaf Text Fire Alarms and Other Ways to Include Deaf Employees at Work Guest Post Employers need to ensure that they help facilitate deaf employee needs to prevent them feeling isolated from the rest of the team. Office politics can be hard enough without the added difficulty of being unable to communicate effectively with your [...]

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Quick Facts on Hearing Protection in the Workplace

Hearing protection

Quick Facts on Hearing Protection in the Workplace Guest post Exposure to loud noises has serious short-term and long-term health consequences for employees, including permanent hearing loss. Some effects of industrial noise, such as increased irritability and difficulty concentrating, reduce productivity and increase the opportunity for accidents. And while everyone recognizes the importance of hearing [...]

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The Importance of High Quality Ear Protection in Noisy Work Environments

Hearing protection

The Importance of High Quality Ear Protection in Noisy Work Environments Working in a noisy environment is not always easy but sometimes unavoidable. Not only does the work require the focus of any job, it also requires taking measures to protect the ears from potential damage. High quality ear protection is a vital when working [...]

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Noise induced hearing loss

Hearing protection

Noise induced hearing loss Our senses are based on an ability to capture incoming information and translate those triggers into meaningful information. And so, hearing is based on an ability to capture sound waves coming into the ear from the surrounding air that are then delivered via the hearing nerve to the brain. Any form [...]

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Combating Fire Danger for the Elderly, Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Fire Safety

Combating Fire Danger for the Elderly, Deaf and Hard of Hearing Guest Post If you ever had a fire alarm go off when you’ve burnt the toast or had to endure the weekly fire alarm test at work you’ll know how annoying the incessant ringing of the fire alarm can be. While it may be [...]

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Noise Safety and Hearing Protection Training

Hearing protection

Noise Safety and Hearing Protection Training Guest Post On-the-job Safety and Off-hours Activities Most health and safety professionals are well aware that people’s activities during off-work hours can affect their risk of accidents or injuries while on the job. For example, workers who arrive at work fatigued or highly distracted are more prone to accidents [...]

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Audiometric testing under new laws

Audiometric

Audiometric testing under new laws Query from a reader – I hope someone can assist: Hi, Unsure of where to post to, but I was hoping that someone could offer some assistance. The Work Health & Safety regulation 2011 in relation to noise says that we need to undertake audiometric testing for a worker … [...]

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Preventing Noise-Induced Hearing Loss

Hearing protection

Preventing Noise-Induced Hearing Loss By Jerome E. Spear, CSP, CIH Noise, or unwanted sound, is a by-product of many industrial processes. Sound consists of pressure changes in a medium (usually air), caused by vibration or turbulence. These pressure changes produce waves emanating away from the turbulent or vibrating source. Exposure to high levels of noise [...]

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Listen to Music Safely at Work

Hearing protection

Having trouble getting people to wear hearing protection? Employees like to listen to music but cant hear what going on around them? These ear muffs from Elvex could be the answer. The have a built in radio and earphone jack. Speakers limited to 82dB and the wearer can hear whats going on around them and [...]

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