Monmouthshire Hearing Centre

Lose the noise not your hearing

When should I wear hearing protection?
If you are exposed to excessively noisy environments (80 dB or more), you should wear hearing protectors. You should also wear them when you are using power tools, noisy yard equipment, or firearms. The table below shows how easy it is to exceed maximum exposure levels.

Level of noise in dB(A)	Maximum daily exposure time
85	8 hours
91>	2 hours
97	30 minutes
103	7 minutes

Being exposed to noise can also cause fatigue and irritability. Some noise level examples (estimates)

Noise level		Unprotected	Protected
60dB	Speech	Unlimited	Unlimited
70dB	Office	Unlimited	Unlimited
85dB	Busy traffic	8 hours	Unlimited
91dB	Pub	2 hours	64 hours
100dB	Factory	15 minutes	8 hours
106dB	Nightclub	4 minutes	2 hours
115dB	Jackhammer	30 seconds	15 minutes
140dB	Gunshot	None	1.5 minutes

Monmouthshire Hearing Centre offers custom made noise protection including impression taking for many different specialties. Follow our links to product solutions:

Shooting:

• Custom Standard Solid noise plugs.
• Custom Sonic Valve Protectors. To find out more click
www.hearingprotection.co.uk
• Custom Electronic Noise Suppressors (CENS).
To find out more click www.censdigital.com

Motorsports:

• Custom Standard Solid noise plugs.
• Biopact Hearing Protectors and Duocoms. To find out more click www.hearingprotection.co.uk
• PROTECThear.
To find out more click www.puretone.net

Musicians:

• Custom Standard Solid noise plugs.
• T1, T2, T3 In Ear Monitors
• Custom Made Ear Sleeves
• ER Series Hearing Protection
To find out more on all these products click www.hearingprotection.co.uk

Mobile Service:

If you are part of a club/ group/ workforce where there are 3 or more people that require impressions to be taken we will travel to you. For more information contact us on 01600 772111 or email us at info@monmouthshirehearing.co.uk

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