Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: What’s all the noise? Bentonville City Council working to counter recurring complaints
BENTONVILLE -- The city is taking steps to improve and better enforce its rules to address continuous complaints about noise. The City Council discussed and provided feedback on options for how the ...
What’s all the noise? Bentonville City Council working to counter recurring complaints
To utter expressions of grief, pain, uneasiness, censure, resentment, or dissatisfaction; lament or murmur about anything; find fault. Figuratively, to make a sound resembling that of lamentation or suffering; emit a mournful sound or noise: as, the complaining wind; the sea complains dismally.
Noise exposure is a risk that is present in all industries. Hazardous noise most commonly occurs in industries such as mining, manufacturing, and construction. But every industry has workers who are exposed to hazardous noise. For example, people working as janitors or administrative staff at noisy workplaces are also at risk for hearing loss.
Noise is a significant source of hearing loss, but you can protect your hearing. An important first step is to understand how noise causes hearing loss.
Learn how to measure workplace noise exposure and how to best monitor workers' hearing.
Hearing loss and tinnitus Approximately 13% of all Construction workers have hearing difficulty. 1 About 7% of all Construction workers have tinnitus, which is an annoying buzzing, rushing, or ringing noise in your ears or in your head. 3 About 23% of noise-exposed tested Construction workers have a material hearing impairment. 4 Hearing impairment is hearing loss that impacts day-to-day ...