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Higher Risk of Hearing Problems in Certain Occupational Groups

According to Hearing.org, certain occupational groups have a five times higher risk of hearing problems then others. This is due to noise exposure in the workplace. In a study done by NIOSH was found that of people regularly exposed to occupational noise, 23% had hearing difficulties and 15% had tinnitus. Of people never exposed to […]

Hearing Loss Very Common Amongst Dutch Construction Workers

According to various Dutch news articles, the noise at construction sites is a big problem in the Netherlands. The consequences for construction workers are very serious: one in five suffers from hearing loss and 13% even suffers from ‘noise deafness’. In 2014 almost 2500 reports of hearing damage were made at the Dutch Centre for […]

Music Levels during Fitness Classes Dangerously Loud

Music levels during fitness classes can reach up to 115 dB, as can be read on hear-it.org. These noise levels can lead to serious hearing damage for participants as well as instructors. Spinning classes prove to be the worst offenders, but classes like Zumba and Body Pump reach dangerously loud music levels as well. With […]

DEC Ondertekent Pledge ‘Preventie Gehoorschade’

Op 30 juni 2016 tekende Jan-Willem Meinesz namens Dynamic Ear Company de pledge ‘Preventie Gehoorschade’ bij het Ministerie van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport. De pledge is onderdeel van het ‘Nationaal Programma Preventie Alles is gezondheid’, een initiatief van de Rijksoverheid waarin partijen afspraken maken en gezamenlijk acties ondernemen die tot een gezonder en vitaler Nederland […]

Dental Hygienists Risk Hearing Problems

Dental Hygienists have a much higher prevalence of hearing problems then others, according to a survey amongst this occupational group. The American institute NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information) studied experienced dental hygienists who had been practicing for a minimum of 20 years and found a relationship between hearing damage and occupational noise exposure. The […]

One in Six Adults Suffer from Hearing Loss

One in six European adults suffer from hearing damage, according to the survey ‘Evaluation of the Social and Economic Costs of Hearing Impairment’. This is equivalent to about 71 million people. There was previously assumed this number was much lower, only one in ten Europeans. The people in this group have a hearing loss greater […]