Austrian researchers have developed a test that can measure a persons sensitivity to obtaining hearing damage, as can be read on hear-it.org. It seems some people are more likely to obtain noise induced hearing loss than others. The Institute of Environmental Health in Vienna developed the test and it works quite simple. Participants are briefly […]
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According to Hearing.org, certain occupational groups have a five times higher risk of hearing problems then others. This is due to noise exposure in the workplace. In a study done by NIOSH was found that of people regularly exposed to occupational noise, 23% had hearing difficulties and 15% had tinnitus. Of people never exposed to […]
According to various Dutch news articles, the noise at construction sites is a big problem in the Netherlands. The consequences for construction workers are very serious: one in five suffers from hearing loss and 13% even suffers from ‘noise deafness’. In 2014 almost 2500 reports of hearing damage were made at the Dutch Centre for […]
Thousands of US fire fighters claim to have serious hearing damage due to the sound of sirens blaring while riding on the fire truck. In many cases, the damage would be permanent. For this reason, fire fighters from American cities such as New York, Philadelphia, Chicago and Boston, filed a lawsuit against the company that […]