Want to talk about how to protect your staff's or your own hearing? Drop me a message ✉️-Member of The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)-Member of The Institute of Acoustics (IOA)-IOA representative on the British Standards Institution (BSI) committee that develops British Standards for hearing protection Member of the European Working Group for Hearing Protection-Co-author of the UK Hearing Conservation Association’s recently launched Hearing Protection Fit Testing guideAs well as Earplugtest, Mark’s hearing health innovations include:A revolutionary Tablet based air conduction hearing test complies with three British Standards and is UKCA marked as a Class 1 medical device. It has been used by millions of people who needed a reliable, quick, and easy hearing test.UK patent on a pair of headphones which, when connected to any computer, delivers a British Standard hearing test to a user at a time and place of their choosing.You may think that because you wear earplugs, you’re effectively protecting yourself from hearing damage and loss.But the UK’s Health and Safety Executive (HSE) estimate that only 60% of workers using hearing protection are adequately protected against hearing loss, with many staff not fitting their protection correctly, exposing them to excessive noise that can lead to permanent irreversible health conditions including deafness, tinnitus, and dementia.Too much or too little hearing protection also has serious consequences and risks, including not being able to hear warning sounds in the workplace and damage from excessive noise.It may not be life-threatening or hurt but hearing loss due to exposure to excessive persistent noise is increasing. It happens gradually over time almost unnoticeably until the irreversible damage is done and your ability to hear is permanently impaired.