April 29, 2022
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Hearing Protection: World Day for Safety and Health at Work

April 28 is World Day for Safety and Health at Work. Hearing protection is an important personal protective equipment to be included when taking a look at workplace conditions.
March 3, 2022
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Safe listening: Protect your ears

Hearing is one of the most magical and complicated senses humans have. Our ears are beautiful tiny pieces of engineering converting differences in air pressure into perceptions of sound. Yet, […]
June 6, 2019
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The Apple Watch will now help protect your hearing

When living in an actively loud world, we often forget to protect our hearing. Apple is taking the lead in changing this by adding a noise monitoring feature to their […]
May 29, 2019
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Hearing Protection

The world is a louder place than we may think or know. When our ears are exposed to noise, it is important that they are protected. Using hearing protection is […]
April 5, 2019

Sugar Ray’s Mark McGrath reveals he has hearing loss

  The lead singer of band Sugar Ray, Mark McGrath, admits that he is losing his hearing and doesn’t want to wear his hearing aids. In an exclusive interview with […]
April 4, 2018
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This online community is raising awareness about deafening noise levels in public places

Have you ever thought about noise levels when out and about? Or have you ever had to leave somewhere because it was too loud? That’s why the Decibel Squad was […]
August 21, 2017
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Why London is silencing its famous landmark

Just how loud is Big Ben? We look at why workers need their hearing protecting from the sound of the bell.
April 26, 2017
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How to recognise and protect yourself from dangerous sounds

What is the loudest noise in your daily life? Could that noise cause you hearing loss?  Today is International Noise Awareness Day, so along with thinking about these potential auditory dangers, […]
December 14, 2015

Firefighters claim job gave them hearing loss, file lawsuit

Nearly 1,500 New York firefighters have filed a lawsuit claiming that years of exposure to loud sirens have left them with hearing loss.