As we travel during the course of the day,we are often exposed to the sounds of the environment: trucks and buses honking horns, subways screeching around corners, and trains blowing their whistles at ...

Exposure to high levels of noise can cause permanent hearing loss. Short term exposure to loud noise can also cause a temporary change in hearing (your ears may feel stuffed up) or a ringing in your ...

This course focuses on describing noise hazards in the workplace. The course includes; OSHA occupational noise exposure standards, properties of sound, noise-induced hearing loss, noise exposure ...

Objectives Occupational noise exposure is a major cause of hearing loss worldwide. In order to inform preventative strategies, we need to further understand at a population level which workers are ...

A one-time, obvious burst of sound — like an explosion — can result in immediate hearing loss. Background noise from your day-to-day life, particularly in certain occupations, may gradually harm ...

Processors of scrap materials rely on size-reduction equipment in nearly every recycling sector. End-of-life vehicles and appliances, computer and telecom equipment and confidential documents pass ...