Sound advice on hearing loss
As part of its commitment to safety, supplier of safety equipment and products, Arco, has developed an Expert Guide designed to provide guidance on managing and preventing hearing loss in the workplace.
This guide goes hand in hand with Arco’s comprehensive range of noise detection and hearing protection products to help businesses keep employees safe at work, including ear plugs, ear muffs, high-noise communication systems and validation solutions.
Sally Clayton, hearing product and procurement manager at Arco explained, “Whilst noise induced hearing loss is permanent and irreversible, it is also preventable. It is a gradual process that can take between 10 and 20 years to surface and sadly by that time, it is often too late to reverse.
“Whilst ensuring employees are adequately protected, there are also several things businesses can do to limit the number of people exposed to high levels of noise, including adopting working hours to restrict noisy activities to certain periods of the day and reducing the need for noisy assembly practices by fabricating off-site where possible. After these preventative measures have been taken, protective equipment will help to protect from the residual risks.”
