Improve Hearing in Construction Sites with Ear Muffs/Ear Plugs
Construction sites are now becoming a haven for hearing problems, as confirmed by National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, which has estimated that a 25-year-old construction worker has the hearing of a 50 year old without occupational noise exposures. To further validate this Waitzman and Smith (1999) reviewed data from the 1960-1975 NHANES survey and found that construction workers had a 3.5 times higher risk of hearing loss than white collar workers. These reports clearly call for an immediate solution to act on the hearing problems, which may cause permanent damage to hearing.
Noise from construction equipment such as pneumatic drills, excavation equipment, metal forging, power tools, concrete work etc. contribute to hearing loss impairment. These varieties of noise hazards coupled with the constant need to communicate make industrial ear muffs and earplugs ideal for building and construction workers.
Sometimes there is low frequency noise from construction site engines, motors and fans that may not be easily eliminated with traditional passive hearing protection devices. Industrial earmuffs and earplugs come in handy as they prevent exposure to high noise and subsequent hearing loss that is prevalent in the construction industry.
Industrial Ear Muffs
Rugged ear muffs are designed for heavy duty and general use. They are simple to use, extremely comfortable and allow clear communication beyond 85dB(A) most of the times. They also facilitate face-to-face, two-way or cell phone communication and most importantly, without the need to remove hearing protection – which tackles the problem of construction workers.
Some brands of industrial earmuffs also combine Bluetooth technology which provides optimized hearing and speech clarity when used with mobile phones.
Industrial Ear Plugs
Electronic earplugs are highly effective in high noise environments and can be a good choice for construction site workers who require an unobtrusive ear plug design, combined with unparalleled communication functionality. High technology earplugs have controller units that have all the features of premium hearing protectors, with the added benefit of making communication compact and easy in high noise environments.
These ear plugs provide maximum comfort hearing protection and allow clear communication via face-to-face, two-way and cell phone as well. They possess easy to operate control unit that can be worn discreetly around the neck, or in a pocket resembling an MP3 player. Today, earplugs are Bluetooth enabled and offer optimized hearing and speech clarity when used with cell phones.
There are attractive packages available in the market for next-gen ear plugs.
- They offer protection features against all forms of noise – Impact, Intermittent, and Continuous.
- Allows workers to safely hear your surroundings whilst also hearing speech.
- Provides the ability to identify the direction of speech and other sounds.
- The package may include replaceable ear tips.
- Allows for long talk times providing 12+ hours continuous talk time.
- It is industrial ruggedized and comes with a long warranty period.
Going by the irreversible damage noises can do to construction workers; it is surely a better and cost-effective choice to use industrial ear muffs and earplugs.
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