In order to be able to choose the right hearing protection, it is important that you are familiar with the noise-hazard

circumstances of your particular workplace. Apart from the intensity of the noise and the character of its frequency,

you should also think about your preferences for muffling sound and the criteria for holding a conversation. Maybe

you’d like to equip your hearing protection with a radio or be able to combine it with other equipment?

With the help of a measuring method such as HML (High, Medium, Low), you or your company can gather infor-

mation on the noise-hazard situation and choose hearing protection that matches up to these demands.

It is important that you choose the right hearing protection for the right noise-hazard situation. A common mis-

take is to over-muffle, i.e. to choose hearing protection that is more advanced than the situation demands. Then

there’s the risk you’ll remove your hearing protection when you need to talk to colleagues – the result being impaired

hearing caused by noise.

Many cases of hearing impairment could have been avoided through better knowledge and by taking preventive

measures. An effective way to keep a hearing-protection programme alive and heighten awareness is to provide con-

tinual staff training. Peltor offers a complete training programme with self-study booklets and multi-slide presenta-

tion on preventive hearing care. You can also order mandatory signboards and checklists from us.

Preventive tactics

–keep an ear to the ground