The mining industry is one of the top industries when it comes to the highest frequency of hazardous noise.

Due to this noise exposure, miners can experience hearing damage and hearing loss at a consistent rate.

One out of four miners—this includes all types of mining—currently has hearing issues already, and by retirement age, four out of every five miners will be hearing impaired.

The NIOSH Hearing Loss Simulator is a useful software training and communication tool for learning how noise might affect your hearing.

• It allows users or trainers to demonstrate the effects of noise exposure on hearing without experiencing an actual noise-induced hearing loss.
• It displays a “control panel” for playing sounds while adjusting the simulated effects of noise and aging.
• A simulated individual’s age (in years) can be entered along with the years of exposure to noise (in A-weighted decibels).
• The effects are shown visually on the frequency band control panel and sound level display screen while the user listens to the audio playback.

To access the Hearing Loss Simulator, click here.