Choosing the Right Hearing Protector
Hearing protectors are adapted to fit the needs of each employee
A good hearing protector must allow interpersonal communication and let workers be aware of their environment while they are protected. Cotral Lab helps you choose the best custom hearing protector to meet the needs of each individual.
Overprotection: With an attenuation that’s too high, it's impossible to communicate. The employee is isolated from the environment, and is not aware of alarms and other warning signals.
Hearing Loss: With an attenuation level that's too low, the worker is not adequately protected and is at an increased risk of hearing loss.
Developed by HearingProTech®, SAPAN® allows employers to make the right choice for the perfect hearing protection device.
The following information is required for each employee:
SAPAN® selects the best custom hearing protectors, based on the specific requirements and working conditions of each individual, taking into consideration all relevant standards and legislation.
You can rely on Cotral Lab's professionalism at every step of your Hearing Protection Program implementation, from the ear impressions to the adoption of the best custom hearing protectors by your team, followed by the testing for effectiveness, and through to the total satisfaction of your workforce.
We'll send a satisfaction survey to you a few weeks after the program is implemented. Improving our process and making sure workers completely adopt the solution, with the aim of ensuring our customers' full satisfaction, is a top priority at Cotral Lab.
If you have the Filter Box, by choosing the SAPAN recommendations, you will be able to autonomously manipulate the attenuation of the protective hearing device by changing the filters. A product information leaflet is provided with your Filter Box.
You can also contact Customer Service or your Prevention Technician, who will adjust the attenuation by changing the filter according to SAPAN recommendations.
Wearing the hearing protection device is an important factor that guarantees its efficiency. The best Individual Noise Protector is the one that is worn 100% of the time. If the device is not worn, even for a short while, its efficiency reduces rapidly: If the device is not worn for 2 minutes in an 8-hour working day at 80 dB(A) its protection efficiency is reduced by 25%. Here are the conditions that must be met to ensure that your employees wear their hearing protection devices 100% of the time spent in a noisy environment:
To replace a lost hearing protection device, get in touch with Customer Service at www.cotral.com. Click on "Your online assistance", then on "Request for assistance". While you wait for your new molded plugs, you must provide other Individual Noise Protectors to your employees, such as disposable ear plugs, fixed hold earplugs, or muffs.
He has custom-fit molded plugs. He is thus the only one who can use it.
The first thing to do after distributing the hearing protection devices to your employees is to remind them of the importance of wearing them gradually. Even when the molded ear plugs fit perfectly in the ears, they are still not a part of the body. Wearing them can be troublesome for your employees. It is therefore recommended to wear them regularly, but little by little: 2 hours after the end of their shift for the first few days, and then gradually increase the duration. It takes two to three weeks to fully adapt.
When wearing the device for the first time, your employees could experience the following effects:
Such sensations are perfectly normal. They do not last very long and disappear with time if your employees follow the adaptation recommendations.