Hearing protection

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Can noise-canceling hearing aids serve as my hearing protection at work?

Audition Technology’s white paper summarizes the current global standards for safe listening in the environment and from audio (headphones) and provides a framework for monitoring lifestyle exposures versus safe dose, building awareness and self-management with associated tools offered by the company.

As workplaces face labor shortages, employees are covering more jobs and responsibilities. How can safety managers ensure workers receive the proper hearing protection across different job environments in a single shift?

How can equipment selection encourage hearing protection compliance?

What’s the difference between “hearing conservation” and “hearing loss prevention”?

What is double hearing protection, and when is it needed?

A growing number of workers wear hearing aids, such as behind-the-ear or in-canal models, that can’t be used with foam earplugs. What does OSHA allow, and what actually works to mask most noise but allow conversations with earplug-wearing co-workers?

How does fit checking minimize the risk of hearing loss claims and help workers properly use hearing protection products?

What is “acoustical confusion,” and what are some solutions to this problem?