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November 10, 2009

Work noise increases risk of hearing loss

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Photograph: hear it.org - nursery teachers wearing hearing protection

Daily exposure to excessive noise in the workplace is the primary factor in many cases of hearing loss in the working population.

For more information read more about this and a series of articles published by hear it.org regarding excessive noise for office workers, teachers, nursery teachers, dentists, classical musicians and industrial workers

Daily noise exposure in the general workplace

Teaching among noisiest jobs

Nursery school teachers wearing hearing protection

The German office is too noisy

Your dentist should be concerned with hearing as well as teeth

Classical musicians at extreme risk for hearing loss

Industrial workers at risk of hearing loss

Hearing loss widespread among construction workers

Hearing loss causing difficulty at work;
Workers with untreated mild or moderate hearing loss suffer from psychological and social problems in the workplace

November 9, 2009

One in three school-children with hearing problems

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Photograph:hear it.org

According to a recent study published by hear it.org, as many as 35 percent of school-children in Argentina suffer from hearing damage.

Tests conducted among 450 pupils ages 6 through 13 years in Argentina found that more than one third of them suffered from some degree of hearing loss. This prevalence is much higher than previously believed. In general, data from earlier similar studies indicated a prevalence of 10 to 14 percent of school aged children with hearing difficulties.

Researchers asked the children to listen and repeat sentences while the environmental noise was being gradually increased.

For more information covering the study please click here

Interesting facts and good advice about hearing impairements

Children spend at least 45% of the school day in schools listening! The average hearing loss with middle ear infection is 30 dB. 90% of very young children´s knowledge is connected to hearing conversations around them! These are some relevant facts, but also advice, which you can find at the website of Illinois State University if you go straight to this pdf!

November 6, 2009

Full report Euronoise

A full report on all the interviews and articles made on Acoustic Bulletin during the Euronoise 2009 conference in Edinburgh last week in October is directly accessible here

November 4, 2009

Thank you Edinburgh and goodbye Euronoise 2009.....

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On behalf of all editors of Acoustic Bulletin we would like to thank all readers, the IOA conference organisers, all those we have met at the Ecophon stand and especially those who we have had interviews with. We trust that your inputs will be of great value to many and we look forward to keep in touch. See you, and we hope to catch up again in the near future.....

Alexey, Paulli, Holger, Tobias, Rainer, Jonas, Katrin, Martin, Anthony, Mikolaj, Guus, Mariëlle, Erling, Nils-Åke, Marc and Colin

Please see some of our fond memories of the atmosphere and architecture of Edinburgh......
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