Hearing Conservation Program

Introduction to Hearing Conservation Program

In hearing conservation program, there is one hazard related to it. It is common in industrial workplaces. The hazard is called noise. It is unwanted sound that can cause someone to have hearing loss, productivity and worst-case scenario can cause accidents and injuries due to difficulty in hearing warning signals if the person is exposed to high noise levels continuously. Therefore, the employers can provide safe working environments through the hearing conservation program. In hearing conservation program, you will be exposed to effects of noise, preventive controls and related important topics. Let’s learn what are those are in hearing conservation program.

Health Effects

Before going further in hearing conservation program, we need to know the health effects of noise in our daily lives. Permanent hearing loss is one of the effects of excessive noise at workplace. There is no hearing aid or any surgery that can help you to correct this hearing loss type. In the short term, excessive loud noise will cause a temporary change in hearing. A person may feel stuffed up at both ears or a ringing in his ears. After leaving the workplace that produces a high noise level, the short-term problems might go away in a short time (few minutes or hours).

The huge problem is that in long-term period, these repeated exposures cause permanent problems. The ability to hear high frequency sounds will be limited, reduce ability to communicate and to understand speech would also happen by continuous noise. Hearing conservation program certainly will help us to overcome these problems as hearing conservation program will teach us much useful knowledge that can be practiced to avoid these effects.

Hearing Conservation Program

Controls

Hearing conservation program will teach you to control and reduce exposure to noise towards workers in any workplace in which the noise is excessive one:

1.      Engineering Control

In hearing conservation program, participants will be exposed to this type of control, which involves modification or equipment replacement. This control might also include making related changes of physical at the source of noise or along the path of transmission in order to reduce the level of noise that reaches the workers’ ears. Let’s look at some examples that might be taught during hearing conservation program.

An example of this type of control is by choosing the low-noise machinery and tools. Machinery and equipment need to be maintained and lubricated to reduce the level of noise. Other than that, a barrier can be placed between any employee and the source of noise. Lastly, noise sources can be isolated. These examples can surely reduce the noise and provide a safe working environment.  These ways might be practically implemented during hearing conservation program.

2.      Administrative Controls

This control refers to the changes in the schedule or workplace which reduce the noise exposure to the workers.

In hearing conservation program, there will be examples that might be shown during hearing conservation program. An example of this type of control is by limiting the duration being at the source of noise. Besides, noise machines should be operated when there are fewer people at the workplace. Distance control is another form of this control that is effective. Increase the distance between workers and noise source. Lastly, workers can work at quite areas where they can avoid themselves from noise sources. These practices can be implemented during practical session of hearing conservation program.

In conclusion, after completing the hearing conservation program, workers will know the effects of noise on the workers. This is quite important as they are important assets to the company. By knowing the effects, preventive controls can be implemented to reduce the probability of workers to get permanent problems of hearing loss later. Therefore, it is important to attend the hearing conservation program as the knowledge and info that will be obtained from the hearing conservation program can be continuously practiced.

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