Tuesday, April 27, 2010
International Noise Awareness Day
International Noise Awareness Day, designed to promote awareness of the dangers of long-term exposure to noise is April 28. We are often unaware of just how loud the things we encounter each day are. Consider the decibel levels of these common noise sources:
Washing machine: 50 to 75 dBA
Normal conversation: 60 dBA
Vacuum cleaner: 60 to 85 dBA
Freeway traffic: 70 dBA
Garbage disposal: 80 to 95 dBA
Car horn: 110 dBA
Squeaky toy held close to ear: 110 dBA
Industrial Hearing Service cares about your employee’s occupational and non-occupational hearing health.
Your Hearing: Use It, Don't Loose It
Most of us take hearing for granted. When we go home after work and when we get up in the morning, we expect to hear. Human hearing is amazingly sensitive. Our ears can distinguish 400,000 different sounds and can detect sounds so quiet they cause the eardrum to vibrate less than 1/80 millionth of an inch. But that remarkable sensitivity doesn't have a lifetime guarantee.
To maintain your hearing, you have to care for it. Noise is as much a part of our lives as the air we breathe. We're exposed to noise at work, at home, and at play. Yet our ability to hear well offers few clues when we put it at risk.
Noise-induced hearing loss is the term for hearing damaged by exposure to excessive noise. The damage to hearing caused by too much noise may not be apparent for years.
Hearing loss can't be cured, but it can be prevented. Industrial Hearing Service has been committed for 40 years in helping companies strive for excellence in preventing debilitating hearing among employees.
Call us today for information on how we can assist your business with your Hearing Conservation efforts.
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Industrial Hearing Services
International Noise Awareness Day, designed to promote awareness of the dangers of long-term exposure to noise is April 28. We are often unaware of just how loud the things we encounter each day are. Consider the decibel levels of these common noise sources:
Washing machine: 50 to 75 dBA
Normal conversation: 60 dBA
Vacuum cleaner: 60 to 85 dBA
Freeway traffic: 70 dBA
Garbage disposal: 80 to 95 dBA
Car horn: 110 dBA
Squeaky toy held close to ear: 110 dBA
Hearing loss can't be cured, but it can be prevented. Industrial Hearing Service has been committed for 40 years in helping companies strive for excellence in preventing debilitating hearing among employees.
Industrial Hearing Service cares about your employees occupational and non-occupational hearing health.
Visit our website http://www.indhearing.com/
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