Sound advice

The guide goes hand in hand with Arco's comprehensive range of noise detection and hearing protection products.

Sally Clayton, hearing product and procurement manager at Arco explains: "Whilst noise induced hearing loss is permanent and irreversible, it is also preventable. It is a gradual process that can take between 10 and 20 years to surface and sadly by that time, it is often too late to reverse.

"Whilst ensuring employees are adequately protected, there are also several things businesses can do to limit the number of people exposed to high levels of noise, including adopting working hours to restrict noisy activities to certain periods of the day and reducing the need for noisy assembly practices by fabricating off-site where possible. After these preventative measures have been taken, protective equipment will help to protect from the residual risks."