Achieving the right fit

摘要

ONCE HEARING has been damaged, it cannot come back. Fortunately, hearing loss is preventable, and technology is advancing to help better protect workers. "While not new, earplug fit testing is now at a tipping point," Renee S. Bessette and Robert M. Ghent Jr. told Safety+Health in a joint email. Bessette is the global brand manager and Ghent is the research audiologist and acoustical test laboratory manager for Smith-field, RI-based Howard Leight/Honeywell Safety Products.