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ESSENTIAL FESTIVAL PROTECTION: HEARING LOSS IS FOR LIFE
It's festival season and Folkestone seafront is playing host to the Hevy music festival on Saturday 1 August. While festival-goers often remember to protect themselves from the weather, packing sun cream, sunglasses, waterproofs and wellies, they often forget about the most important accessory that prevents hearing loss - earplugs.
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CANTERBURY'S LOUD RESTAURANTS ARE PUTTING OFF CUSTOMERS
When Hearbase Ltd decided to see just how loud our local restaurants were, we had no idea we'd be literally dining next to a rail track. Out of the five restaurants we tested in Canterbury, the loudest was Wagamama which measured 84.1dB. This is the equivalent of dining 50ft from a train travelling at 40 miles per hour.
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DEAF AWARENESS WEEK: HEARBASE OFFERS FREE HEARING TESTS AT SAINSBURY'S
Hearbase Ltd is offering free hearing tests at local Sainsbury's stores in Thanet, Folkestone and Ashford during May.
While picking up groceries, supermarket shoppers can get a free hearing health check at Hearbase's mobile screening booth. They can also get advice about noise and risks to hearing from Hearbase's fully trained audiologists.
DEAF AWARENESS WEEK: KENT'S CINEMAS WARNED TO TURN THE VOLUME DOWN
Kent's cinemas should have one showing a week where the volume is turned down after a survey revealed that films are being shown with peak levels louder than a rock concert.
The survey was carried out by Folkestone's Hearbase Ltd, which has audiology clinics across Kent, as part of Deaf Awareness Week (5-11 May). Cinemas in Ashford, Canterbury, Dover, Folkestone and Thanet were tested on 26 March. Five people watched the film 10,000 BC at the same time while wearing a data recording device to record noise levels.
ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY EMPLOYERS: ARE YOU READY TO COMPLY WITH THE EUROPEAN UNION'S NOISE DIRECTIVE?
From 6 April the entertainment industry will have to comply with the European Union's new Noise Directive. Pubs, clubs and bars will now have to ensure that staff is not exposed to noise levels greater than 85 decibels - the new legal limit.
Mark Scutchings, managing director of private audiology company Hearbase Ltd says: "Kent's entertainment industry needs to comply with the new legislation. The Directive states that employers must offer hearing protection if their staff are working in environments where noise is greater than 80dB. If noise levels reach 85dB, employers must ensure that staff wear the hearing protection provided or they could be liable for any hearing damage suffered by employees.
LOCAL NOISE SURVEY TESTS WHICH PROFESSION IS THE LOUDEST
Who has the noisiest job? Hearbase Ltd, an audiology company with clinics in Kent, tested seven local people - a musician, new mum, gardener, librarian, zookeeper, hairdresser and a teacher - to see who has the loudest shift.
Those who participated in the survey wore a special noise measurement badge which recorded their noise exposure while they carried out their jobs in Whitstable, Canterbury, Herne, Herne Bay, Thanet and Lympne.
HEARBASE LTD CELEBRATES TEN-YEAR ANNIVERSARY
Mark and Sue Scutchings started the private audiology company in Canterbury's Chaucer Hospital in 1998. With increasing numbers of private patients and GP referrals, Hearbase Ltd expanded and now has 9 clinics in Kent: Canterbury, Folkestone, Margate, Orpington, Cranbrook, Dover, Deal, Herne Bay and Gillingham.
THANET WOMAN'S ASSISTANCE DOG WINS AWARD
Jill Roach (40), who lives in Broadstairs, has been told that her hearing assistance dog, Bumble, has won Hearing Dogs for Deaf People's Dog of the Month award.
In December 2005 the Hearing Dogs charity placed Bumble with Jill, who suffered hearing problems from a young age but became severely deafened following an operation to relieve acute vertigo symptoms. It costs £5,000 to select, train, place and care for a hearing dog and the Hearing Care Centre, which has a clinic at the QEQM hospital, has sponsored Bumble.
