Hearing Protection

10/19/2021 (Permalink)

A caution sign about wearing hearing protection.

The 5 senses are important to a human. When you lose one of them, it can make things hard. Gradual loss of hearing is common for working people. It can create difficulties in both a person’s professional and personal life. It’s not impossible to still have a good quality of life if you lose one your hearing, but it does come without its challenges. While some factors in hearing loss may be out of your control, there are many mitigating measures that can be taken to preserve your hearing.

Some indicators that you may be suffering hearing damage in the workplace:

- Hearing ringing or humming in your ears when you leave the workplace

- Having to shout to be heard by a coworker an arm’s length away due to ambient noise

- Experiencing temporary hearing loss when leaving work

How to protect your hearing:

- Identify noise-producing tasks

- Wear hearing protection

- Make hearing protection conveniently available in the workplace

- Reduce equipment noise

- Limit your exposure, if possible

- Have your hearing tested regularly by a qualified audiologist

- Do not allow children to enter noisy work areas

Types of hearing Protection:

Formable Earplugs

Premolded Earplugs

Canal Caps

Earmuffs

Do everything in your power to protect your hearing, because once its gone, its gone.