Dictáfonos and office noise

1991/10/01 Elhuyar Zientzia Iturria: Elhuyar aldizkaria

• Osasuna

In the offices of Germany, between 300,000 and 450,000 employees, most women, are those who use dictáfonos with harmful noise levels during their working day. These data have been published by the Ergonomic Institut für Arbeits- und Sociforschungs-GmbH, so occupational diseases are expected to depend as well. The Federal Labor Protection Section in 1983 found that dictáfonos had a very bad sound quality and that they produced in the human ear a noise level higher than that of planes.

Ergonomic ergonomics

According to the institute lately things have improved somewhat, but still one of every three of the gadgets get a level higher than 85 decibels. Therefore, in the opinion of this institute, companies should be required to take the necessary protective measures so that people who work with the dictones do not suffer damage. It is very interesting to reduce the level of ambient noise of the plant, since the sound volume of the devices increases according to this level. Another alternative to avoid hearing damage is the use of high quality dictamones of reproduction.