Millions of workers are exposed to hearing hazards every year, and even though OSHA regulations and NIOSH recommendations in the U.S. specify hearing protection, occupational hearing loss is still the ...

Any good proof is based upon assumptions. If the assumptions are good, the proof is valid. If the assumptions are bad, then the proof is worthless—or, as writer Angelo Donghia puts it, “Assumption is ...

Hunters unacquainted with using hearing aids may not know that batteries used in electronic hearing protection are different from similar-looking, long-lasting batteries used in watches. The life of a ...

In a recent hearing conservation audit I attended, the safety manager described the plant's policy to ensure adequate protection from hazardous noise by saying, "We want to make sure our workers are ...

LANDSTUHL, Germany – The World Health Organization has designated March 3 as World Hearing Day. The WHO estimates 466 million people have disabling hearing loss. By 2050, that figure will almost ...

A hearing protection company offers a host of products designed to help users speak and hear clearly even in extreme noise environments. Axil Brands uses compression methods to cut off dangerous ...

Apple is also introducing a five-minute certified hearing test and an always-on ‘hearing protection’ feature. Apple is also introducing a five-minute certified hearing test and an always-on ‘hearing ...

The Canine Auditory Protection System, resembling a close-fitting hood, uniformly distributes the pressure required to hold the dogs' hearing protection in place, while avoiding challenges associated ...

Employees at your company need to wear hearing protectors, so you give them the highest level of protection available, right? Not always. If you believe that one ear plug or muff is pretty much like ...

Nov. 28 (UPI) --From Ephesian war dogs to Conan, the dog honored this week for her role in the capture of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, dogs have been members of the battlefield since ...

FORT DRUM, N.Y. -- Some 23 percent of injuries sustained by Soldiers during Operation Iraqi Freedom II were related to the ear, according to a study published in a 2005 issue of Military Medicine. On ...

ARLINGTON, Va. -- Noise is an unavoidable fact of life on U.S. Navy vessels and during naval operations. Jets roar as they take off and land. Engine room machinery churns in an ear-splitting cacophony ...