The Royal Opera House has lost a challenge against a landmark UK ruling in the case of a viola player who suffered a life-changing hearing injury after being exposed to loud music during a rehearsal. Christopher Goldscheider suffered “acoustic shock” in September 2012 after sitting in front of an 18-strong brass section in the orchestra pit [...]
Hearing loss from excessive or loud sound exposure has been identified as an occupational hazard since at least the time of antiquity. For example, Pliny the Elder (29-79AD), a Roman naturalist and historian writing during the early first century, noted that noise was a workplace risk for fishermen of the upper Nile. A high rate [...]
Sgt. Jessie Bacon uses the Tactical Communications and Protective System to relay information to his squad in Fort Bliss, Texas. About 20,000 of the devices have been deployed so far. Sgt. Betty Boomer/U.S. Army Since 2014, the U.S. Army has gradually been deploying the latest version of a hearing protection system that [...]
The police department's use of noise cannons to disperse demonstrators in an Eric Garner protest two years ago was a violation of the protesters’ federal civil rights and amounted to outright assault and battery, lawyers contend in a new federal civil rights lawsuit filed late Thursday in Manhattan. Five plaintiffs claim they suffered hearing loss [...]