The world is getting louder. People cannot escape noise pollution in their everyday lives whether from traffic, infrastructure, music or more, but employees can and must be protected from excessive ...

Monitors beeping, equipment shuffling, and patients, nurses and physicians coordinating care can make hospitals uncomfortably loud places for individuals both with or without hearing disorders — ...

Don’t underestimate the constant hum of equipment at your manufacturing facility or construction site — it’s more than just annoying; it’s also a serious safety hazard. Meeting the Occupational Safety ...

Chronic exposure to high noise levels has been linked to elevated heart rates, sleep deprivation, and long-term psychological distress, particularly in ICU survivors. Quieter equipment can therefore ...

Once considered the loudest hospital in the Philadelphia area, Riddle Hospital in Media has significantly reduced its nighttime noise levels, newly released federal data shows. At the Main Line Health ...

Noise pollution presents a myriad of problems such as fatigue, miscommunication, threats to patient safety and decreased employee satisfaction. Studies show that sound levels in the average healthcare ...

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