damage to health

Noise

Damage to hearing

An excess of sound, whether in intensity or duration, can generate adverse effects or permanent damage to the hearing. Hearing can be damaged to the point of clinical deafness, and short- or long-term ringing in the ears (tinnitus) can result. This can be brought about either by exposure to continuous sound or by short-lived sound peaks. Such high levels of sound are not only found in the workplac... read more

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