NOISE SAFETY ARTICLES
Articles and general information on all things relating to noise assessments or noise surveys at work, or managing employee noise exposure risks.
What noise assessments should contain, what to look for in a noise survey, managing noise risks at work, choosing hearing protection and managing health surveillance needs.
Noise assessments ● Noise surveys ● Hearing protection ● Health surveillance ● Noise Training
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How to choose the right hearing protection
A need for hearing protection is a common outcome of a noise assessment or a noise survey but how do you choose the right hearing protection for your noise risk, especially as 'strongest is best' is usually not the case.
Standards for hearing protection at work
I was looking through all my other noise assessment related blog posts and thought ‘you know what, these are all very exciting but I reckon I can take it up another notch and push things to the very limit’, so here it is, an article on what the standards are for hearing protection at work. Brace yourself, it’s a rock n’ roll ride.