Hocks Noise Braker®

Hear Today ~ Hear Tomorrow

Hocks Hearing Healthcare Products
3930 S Kelly Avenue
Portland, OR 97239-4315
United States

ph: 503-274-9482
fax: 503-222-3539
alt: 1-800-654-6257

contactus@noisebrakers.com

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Noise Induced Hearing Loss

 

According to the World Health Organization’s Report on Hearing

Source: Center for Disease Control & Prevention

  • Noise is now being acknowledged as an important public health issue and a top environmental risk faced by the world today.

  • Over 50% of people aged 12–35 years listen to music via personal audio devices at volumes that pose a risk to their hearing.

  • A rule of thumb for staying safe is to keep the volume below 60%.

  • If you frequently use personal audio devices around loud sounds: instead of turning the volume up, consider using noise cancelling earphones or headphones.

  • Listening through personal audio devices should not exceed 80 dB (adults) or 75 dB (sensitive users: e.g., children) for 40 hours a week.

  • Listeners who regularly use portable audio devices can expose themselves to the same level of sound in 15 minutes of music at 100 dB that an industrial worker would receive in an 8-hour day at 85 dB.



 

 Damage received from

excessive noise can amplify

the effects of hearing loss

caused by aging.



   

Protect your hearing before suffering a hearing loss

Hearing Loss

As loud sounds enter the ear, the ear works harder.

The average person is born with about 16,000 hair cells within their inner ear, allowing the brain to detect sounds.

The intense vibrations from excessive noise cause permanent damage to the sensory hairs within the cochlea.

As the hairs are damaged or destroyed, a person's ability to hear is lessened, and can eventually cause deafness.

Protect Your Hearing with Hocks Noise Braker®

 

 

 



 

 Noise Pollution

Noise pollution becomes an increasingly larger problem as harmful noise escalates in both industry and entertainment.

Once noise pollution  has done its damage by causing hearing loss, there is no reversal process.

All that can be done is to compensate by using a hearing aid or other assistive listening device.

To understand noise and its effect on health and welfare, one must understand certain fundamentals of sound and our response to it.

 

The Effects of Noise

Industrial Hearing Loss

 

What can be done?

 The simplest solution is to use good
hearing protection

before suffering a  hearing loss.

 

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Hocks Hearing Healthcare Products
3930 S Kelly Avenue
Portland, OR 97239-4315
United States

ph: 503-274-9482
fax: 503-222-3539
alt: 1-800-654-6257

contactus@noisebrakers.com