title: Is your hearing really safe?
abstract: Despite all the recent noise regulations and increasingly heavy HSE fines, many workers are without hearing protection. Dennis Connor, who is the leader of the UK delegation on European Standards CEN, describes why it is vitally important for every worker in a noisy industrial environment to have personal hearing protection.
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authors.lastname: Connor
mesh_terms: D004430:Ear Protective Devices / Q000592:standards*; D006317:Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D009786:Occupational Health Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards*; D006113:United Kingdom