hearing loss Articles
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Keep it Down! Controlling Noise in the Workplace
According to the HSE, over one million employees in the UK are exposed to levels of noise which put their hearing at risk. Noise-induced hearing loss is one of the most prevalent, but often ignored, risks in the workplace and employees must, by law, be protected. Once noise-induced hearing loss has taken place, it is irreversible. Clearly prevention is the most sensible option here as 1 in ...
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Hearing loss prevention - Safe Ear`s Resolution for 2018!
Make hearing loss prevention your New Year’s Resolution As thousands of people start to think about their New Year’s Resolutions for 2018, you can guarantee that most of them will be related to the area of life people most want to improve on. In fact, over 70% of New Year’s Resolutions will be health-based. However, we doubt that many people will include looking after their ...
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Noise and Hearing Loss
Noise can be described as loud, unwanted sound. Sound is produced by the rapid compression and decompression of air. When you clap your hands, you are producing a sound by compressing and decompressing the air between the palms of your hands. Clapping faster produces a higher frequency or pitch of the sound. When sound waves enter the ear canal, they hit against the eardrum, a flexible piece of ...
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New Facts on Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
Do you spend more time worrying about noise at work? You are not alone. Noise-Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL) has become a major issue for all manner of businesses throughout the UK. Personal Injury Lawyers are now promising to fight for compensation under what they call industrial deafness but what are the facts? In total, it is estimated that 18,000 people currently suffer from noise-induced ...
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NHS 70 years helping people with hearing loss
The UK's National Health Service (NHS) celebrates it's 70th birthday today. Among many of the varied roles it undertakes, it's has provided help, advice and treatment for thousands of people experiencing hearing loss, including those with Noise Induced Hearing Loss covering everything from initial advice on signs and symptoms on the internet to when to contact your Doctor. For advice of taking ...
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Hearing Loss and World Hearing Day 2018
World Hearing Day – Hear the Future Pulsar Instruments is pleased to lend our support to World Hearing Day 2018. The theme for this year is Hear the Future1. The World Health Organisation (WHO) anticipates an increase in the number of people with hearing loss around the world in the coming decades. They estimate that: By 2050, 900 million people could suffer from disabling hearing loss2 ...
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Top 10 Blog Posts of 2012 by Cirrus Research
Throughout 2012 we’ve posted information and answers to various questions from our customers, distributors and sales team on our NoiseNews blog. The Top 10 blog posts have now been collated from the most popular read by our customers and website visitors and we’ve made this into a book for you to download. These blog posts explains the different types of equipment from Cirrus ...
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NOISE AND HEARING LOSS - Noise, Regardless of Source, Can Lead To Hearing Loss
Untitled Document What is noise? Noise was once described as “unwanted sound”. To the average person, “noise” is not only unwanted, but annoying or loud. Sound, or noise, is produced by the rapid compression and decompression of air. When you clap your hands, you are producing a sound (applause) by compressing and decompressing the air between the palms of your hands. The ...
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Hearing Loss for Workers is Preventable
Hearing Loss In The Workplace In the U.S., OSHA has set regulations on worker noise exposure. The usual sound measurements method is to use a noise dosimeter attached to a worker that measures noise exposure as the person moves about the work area. However, this does nothing to identify the source and location of the noise. It also does not address non-OSHA noise issues such as community noise, ...
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The causes of Noise-Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL)
The two most common causes of hearing loss is age and exposure to loud noise. The former we can’t do much about. The latter we can. Age As the NHS states, age is the biggest single cause of hearing loss. Problems associated with hearing and old age is known as age-related hearing loss, or sometimes presbycusis. It is during our 30s and 40s that most people begin to lose a small amount of ...
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Evaluation of the Drop Bar Test for Concrete and Rock Quality
The bearing capacity of rock foundations is being determined by the sound produced by impacting the foundations with a steel bar. This paper evaluates the sound and stress produced. Instrumenting the steel drop bar extends the capabilities of the test and makes the test less subjective. The steel bar produced a characteristic ringing sound when the specimen´s unconfined compressive strength was ...
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International Noise Awareness Day 2016
Today is the 21st annual International Noise Awareness Day. On 27th April 2016, people, organisations, and governments around the world will commemorate the 21st Annual International Noise Awareness Day. The Center for Hearing and Communication (CHC) founded this yearly event back in 1996 to raise awareness of noise where people work, live, and play and encourage them to take action against ...
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Preventing and reducing hearing loss - World Hearing Day 2019
World Hearing Day – Check your hearing Preventing and reducing hearing loss is again under the spotlight for World Hearing Day 2019 - 3rd March and noise measurement experts for 50 years, Pulsar Instruments, is pleased to continue to lend our support to their important message. With this year’s theme ‘Check your hearing’ the World Health Organisation (WHO) wants to draw ...
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Support Tinnitus Awareness Week 2017
Ever since we started this blog, we have covered noise-induced hearing loss and tinnitus. As we are approaching Tinnitus Awareness Week (6-12 February 2017), we are taking the opportunity to talk about this subject again and raise its awareness among our health and safety colleagues in manufacturing, engineering, processing, construction and transport industries. According to the charity Action ...
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Noise Awareness Training course - 5 reasons to attend
5 Reasons to attend our Noise Awareness Training Course Occupational noise, or noise at work, is one of the biggest causes of hearing loss and tinnitus in workers today. There is no cure for this “noise induced hearing loss” but it is preventable by making sure that employers address workplace noise hazards and supply appropriate protection when needed. Our One Day Noise Awareness ...
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What is an Acceptable Level of Noise at Work?
Excessive noise at work can be irritating, distracting and potentially harmful to workers’ physical and mental health. The problem is, many employers struggle to determine exactly what is an acceptable level of noise at work, perhaps unsurprising given the subjectivity of terms like ‘excessive’ and ‘acceptable’. For example, while one person might not be ...
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Noise control at the workplace starts with measurements
We often automatically turn to personal protective equipment in order to restrict noise. Yet there are other solutions. NoiseAtWork software enables us to map the situation quickly. It has been scientifically proven that exposure to noise which exceeds 80 dB(A) causes hearing loss, but lower levels can also cause physical and mental complaints. Noise also has a disruptive effect on communication ...
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Noise monitoring - are you prioritising it at work?
Hearing loss is a frequent complaint which can affect individuals’ quality of life significantly. We all know someone who suffers from it and maybe take it as something that can be expected depending on the age or the type of work carried out over a long career. Noise-induced hearing loss is often ignored and remains a forgotten industrial disease despite continued efforts to raise the ...
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Decibel monitors for schools and colleges
Education shouldn't come at the cost of hearing loss, which is why an increasing number of schools, universities and colleges are investing in the protection of their students' ears by installing noise-activated decibel monitors in teaching rooms and corridors. This is especially true in schools and colleges that have wood or metal working shops where it is important to ensure that the teaching ...
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2016 New Year’s Resolution: Make Hearing Conservation a Priority
What are your New Year’s resolutions? As we enter 2016, challenge yourself to add one more resolution to the list: Make Hearing Conservation a Priority at work. Many occupations have potential noise problems including construction, manufacturing, entertainment, armed forces and even education. Noise is complex and can be transmitted by reflection from surrounding walls or nearby buildings, ...
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