Noise-induced hearing loss is a serious and preventable workplace and off-the-job hazard. Here are seven statistics relating to this problem.
- Four million American workers who go to work each day are exposed to damaging noise levels. (NIOSH)
- A WorkSafeBC study found that 25 percent of young people entering the workforce showed early signs of hearing loss, with a further 4.6 percent showing abnormal hearing test results.
- In 2007, approximately 82 percent of occupational hearing loss cases were reported among workers in the manufacturing sector. (NIOSH)
- The two most common causes of hearing loss are noise-induced hearing loss and age-related hearing […]
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