In a recent hearing conservation audit I attended, the safety manager described the plant's policy to ensure adequate protection from hazardous noise by saying, "We want to make sure our workers are ...

Hunters unacquainted with using hearing aids may not know that batteries used in electronic hearing protection are different from similar-looking, long-lasting batteries used in watches. The life of a ...

Millions of workers are exposed to hearing hazards every year, and even though OSHA regulations and NIOSH recommendations in the U.S. specify hearing protection, occupational hearing loss is still the ...

Bottom line, it is best to find a solution that strikes the appropriate balance between hearing protection and situational awareness. In many industrial environments, Hearing Conservation Program ...

With construction sites having many noisy operations and machinery, workers are at risk of unsafe levels of noise exposure every day. Exposure to loud noises, no matter how frequently, can lead to ...

Employees at your company need to wear hearing protectors, so you give them the highest level of protection available, right? Not always. If you believe that one ear plug or muff is pretty much like ...

On construction worksites, workers in 3 out of 10 companies are at risk of hearing loss – but many who could otherwise prevent hearing loss believe they've just “gotten used to the noise.” The truth ...

The Canine Auditory Protection System, resembling a close-fitting hood, uniformly distributes the pressure required to hold the dogs' hearing protection in place, while avoiding challenges associated ...

If you are an Audiophile, then you are probably familiar with the years of hard work and stress your ears go through. Continual music and sound effects and many other diegetic sounds (voices of ...

The final product is flexible enough to conform to a dog's head. New technology has been developed to protect U.S. military working dogs from temporary and permanent hearing loss that can arise from ...

LANDSTUHL, Germany – The World Health Organization has designated March 3 as World Hearing Day. The WHO estimates 466 million people have disabling hearing loss. By 2050, that figure will almost ...

Apple is also introducing a five-minute certified hearing test and an always-on ‘hearing protection’ feature. Apple is also introducing a five-minute certified hearing test and an always-on ‘hearing ...