CSR_Module5_Green Earth Initiative, Tree Planting Day
Hearing protection Noise toolbox talk.pdf
1. What is YOUR hearing worth?
How important is sound to your
everyday life? Imagine you can not
hear the following:
• being woken up in the morning:
• sharing a joke or gossip!
• enjoying the atmosphere of a
football match or a party
• listening to birdsong or music
• warning of danger, such as fire
• detecting problems with the car or a
machine
• hearing a cry for help.
2. Why noise is a problem
• it can cause irreversible hearing damage / deafness and other conditions
such as tinnitus (constant ringing, rumbling or whistling noise in ears)
• This causes you not to hear effectively: not hearing your children speak to
you!
• This condition comes like a thief in the night! You do not realise immediately
that you are getting hearing damage until it is TO LATE! No body can cure
this type of deafness!!
