TEO - Ready to go into Orbit!

and on here too


"Tue 3 Jan 2006 Unions urge workers to test hearing
Unions are launching a campaign to encourage the UK's 28 million workers to check their hearing. On the day when most employees return to work after the Christmas break, the TUC is giving its backing to the Royal National Institute for the Deaf (RNID)'s Breaking the Sound Barrier initiative, which uses a simple telephone test to tell people concerned about their hearing whether they should seek help. The TUC urged employers to allow their staff time at work to take the five-minute hearing check by ringing 0845 600 55 55. And general secretary Brendan Barber urged workers to make a New Year's resolution to take the check."
Well even if only a %age actually take the test it raises the issue of hearing protection for all workers on a national basis at a very nice time for us with the launch of mobile/voip shock products this year.

one bit I do agree with is..."With life expectancy increasing and pension provisions becoming less certain, there is the chance that more people than before may have to continue to work for longer, said a TUC spokesman. It was important that they are not frustrated by communication barriers at work because of hearing loss"