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NOISE

Many offices are "open plan" with large numbers of people talking, telephones ringing, and printers and photocopiers operating. The noise level is not likely to be high enough to cause any kind of damage to your hearing, but it may affect your concentration and ability to hear others in phone or face to face conversations.

Your employer should attempt to reduce the noise as much as possible.

Acoustic ceilings and wall linings, carpets and barriers in addition to acoustic hoods on printers are all effective in lowering the noise level in an office environment.

People do not become "used" to noise. It only seems that way because of hearing loss.

Lost hearing is gone forever.