Health care jobs may need to consider hearing damage problems-Health care recruitment News 17 Dec 2009

The government needs to work more closely with electronics manufacturers to raise awareness of the potential risks associated with listening to MP3 players at excessively high volume levels, it has been claimed.

Just recently, the European Commission launched a new commission aimed at calling for the standardisation of safety standards for personal music players, with professionals in health care jobs across the continent having reported a rise in hearing problems associated with loud mp3 players.

And, according to the British Academy of Audiology, not only do lawmakers need to take steps to limit the volume levels of such devices, but individual countries need to do more to advise their citizens about the dangers of prolonged use of personal music players at excessive volume.

Spokesman Dr Huw Cooper said: "More needs to be done to educate people about the risk to hearing of noise exposure that can cause permanent hearing loss and tinnitus."

He added, however: "Normal, sensible use would not present a risk of permanent hearing loss."

Under the EC's current guidelines, exposure to volumes in excess of 80 decibels should not be more than 40 hours a week.

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