PPE
PPE

Make personal noise monitoring equipment part of your PPE

Keep within Occupational Health and Safety legal noise pollution limits

Protect yourself and your employees with the Listen Ear™ Personal Noise Meter and be compliant with workplace Health & Safety regulations.

The compact and light design of the Pambry Electronics Listen Ear™ range of personal noise meters, is non obtrusive and can be clipped on to clothing and worn externally using the built in microphone helping employers and employees comply to the ‘Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005 (UK)’.

Noise Protection is now “Category III PPE” – Protect your employees to ensure they are not exposed above the occupational health and safety legal noise pollution limits.

Listen Ear™ Personal Noise Dose Meter and Noise Dose Alert from Pambry Electronics monitors for employee exposure to noise throughout the working day, letting them know when the Occupational Health and Safety Legal Noise Protection Limit has been reached. For employers this affordable Personal Noise Dose Meter is a cost effective way to avoid expensive compensation claims for industrial hearing loss.

Typical Compensation Claims

(Source: Beemhurst & Co Survey 2020) *

Slight hearing loss

£2,200 to £5,700

Hearing loss with tinnitus

£5,400 to £34,000

Complete hearing loss

£64,000 to £94,000

Protect yourself. Protect your employees. Make a SOUND investment in workplace Health & Safety compliance. Hearing – it’s your loss.

* Survey sources included HSE, Dept of Energy & Climate Change and law firms including WE Solicitors LLP.

Table of typical noise levels

Sound Level Chart

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Listen Ear™ Personal Noise Dose Meter Alerts

The Listen Ear™ Personal Noise Dose Meter and Noise Dose Alert constantly monitors sound levels throughout the working day with visual Dose Alerts. Because of this employees know when their daily Occupational Health and Safety, Legal Noise Protection Limit, is reached and they can take action to avoid possible hearing damage. For employers this means the risks of claims for industrial hearing loss are greatly reduced.

Figure A – Shows the Listen Ear™ Personal Noise Dose Meter monitoring sound level where the user is working within the Occupational Health and Safety Legal Noise Protection Limit.

Figure B – Shows the Listen Ear™ Personal Noise Dose Meter warning the user they have reached 70%* exposure of their daily Occupational Health and Safety Legal Noise Protection Limit.

Figure C – Shows the Listen Ear™ Personal Noise Dose Meter warning the user they have reached 90%* exposure of their daily Occupational Health and Safety Legal Noise Protection Limit.

* The 70% and 90% values are the default values of the Listen Ear™ Personal Noise Dose Meter. These values can be replaced by any custom value. The Listen Ear™ Personal Noise Dose Meter can also be set for use whilst wearing or not wearing ear defenders. The ear defender SNR values are applied by selecting from one of the pre-loaded ear defender models or by applying a custom value.

Industries served

Where ever there is a requirement for noise exposure monitoring the Pambry Electronics Listen Ear™ Personal Noise Dose Meter can be used to record the exposure data to meet Occupational Health and Safety Legal Noise Protection Limit requirements and for employer and employee peace of mind. Typical industries served include:

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Buy a Listen Ear™ – Personal Noise Meter and make a sound investment in workplace Health & Safety compliance.