Noise deafness
Sir,—Statistics support Janet Holm’s comments (August 2) on the increasing incidence of deafness. A survey conducted in Wellington at the time of the Telethon for the Disabled found that 45 per cent of those with a physical disability suffered from deafness. While no national surveys have been made, the recent Hearing Report estimates that 430,000 New Zealanders have impaired hearing. Legislation on control of occupational noise assumes that the worker leads a quiet life and is not exposed to future noise in the remaining 16 or 17 hours of the day. Walkman radios, however, are being turned up to levels at which legislation would allow a worker to be exposed to noise for only 10 to 15 minutes without ear protection and with the rest of the 24 hours in quiet. More damage may be being done outside the work-place than at the workplace itself.—Yours, etc.,
RICHARD M. POWELL. August 5, 1985.
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