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At your Leisure - 17 May 2004
The Big Shout Out
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The Big Shout Out
- Noise levels compared
- Quiet room at night 20 dB(A)
- City street 70 dB(A)
- Nearby pneumatic drill 110 dB(A)
- Aircraft take-off at 100 m 130 dB(A)
- Pain threshold 140 dB(A)
- What can be done?
- Build awareness of problem
- Club owners to share responsiblity
- Promoters, ticket agencies, retailers to act
- Take protection
- How do I protect myself?
- Wear ear plugs
- Cotton wool doesn't work!
- £14 for a pair of re-usable plugs
- Can improve sound clarity
- Buy adapters for your Walkman's ear phones
- Take breaks from the dancefloor
- Stand/dance away from speakers
- The legal position
- 1989 Noise At Work regulations
- First danger level is 85 dB(A)
- Next is 90 dB(A)
- At this level staff must wear ear protectors
- EU Directive to tighten law
- Health and Safety Executive to draft new regulations for 2006
- Law doesn't affect clubs and bars
- The main dangers
- Nightclub noise
- Clubs range from 90 to 109 dB(A)
- Club noise sustained for hours
- Personal headphone sound levels
- Festival/concert noise levels
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