Rain and noise have one thing in common, if you walk out in heavy rain without a raincoat you'll get wet in a couple of minutes. If you then choose to put up your umbrella it's too late, you'll be wet for the rest of the day.
It's the same with noise, in just a few minutes without hearing protectors in a high noise environment the damage is already done. Even if you wear hearing protection for the rest of the day your ears will already have been exposed. Damaged hearing can never be reversed. To guarantee protection, wear the relative hearing protection products 100% of your time working in noisy environments.
The Ear
The ear is a very sensitive organ, vital for our well-being, and essential for us to be able to serve in a modern society. Hearing affects our communication and social contacts with other humans and is the most important organ for learning.
Have you spoken on the phone lately? Have you considered that after just a couple of words you can identify hundreds of different people? Another important function of the hearing is to warn us of dangers. We can detect the direction of the danger and what type of danger it is. Providing the hearing is preserved.
Noise from industries, traffic and leisure noises from engines, shooting and hunting, loud music etc is damaging our hearing. Today there are a lot of protective products available that should ensure noise induced hearing loss is totally un-necessary!