WHEC_The likely prevalence of occupational noise induced hearing loss across British industry

[Waterbaby]

HSE Workplace Health Expert Committee (WHEC)_ Feb 2023 :

"The likely prevalence of occupational noise - induced hearing loss across British industry."

https://www.hse.gov.uk/Research/assets/ ... hec-19.pdf


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[Alexis]

Thank you, as always, for this (and other) links you share Waterbaby.

Good to know this is being brought to the fore. I was particularly interested in the following paragraph with regards to the forever arguably "ignored" part of hearing loss within the Administration sector. Secretaries constant telephone usage and old-fashioned headphones in call centres to name just a couple.

Those sectors, from waaayyyy in the past and usually, at that time, with the majority being female workers, was never part of any acknowledgement of being a workplace health issue.

"Much has changed in British workplaces since the late 1990s, particularly in relation to better noise control measures
in workplaces and more extensive use of hearing protectors by workers. However, there are also new sources of noise,
including the use of telephone headsets in call centres and other situations and in-ear devices used by the police. There
are no reliable up-to-date sources of information about the prevalence of NIHL in Britain. WHEC were approached by HSE to
help identify sources of data that could inform future actions."