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RE: Ear protection
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Eric Rogers)
Wed Sep 23 11:05:05 2015
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From: "Eric Rogers" <ecrogers@precisionds.com>
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I use earphones for the phone and alerts function, and because they are
noise cancelling, they lower the db of noise. I use Shure SE215.
Eric Rogers
PDS Connect
www.pdsconnect.me
(317) 831-3000 x200
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From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Bryan Holloway
Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2015 9:48 AM
To: Joe Greco; jim deleskie
Cc: Alex Rubenstein; NANOG
Subject: Re: Ear protection
On 9/23/15, 7:53 AM, "NANOG on behalf of Joe Greco"
<nanog-bounces@nanog.org on behalf of jgreco@ns.sol.net> wrote:
>> Maybe I've always listened to my music to loud and spend the bulk of=20
>>time via ssh, but I've never felt a need for hearing protection in a=20
>>DC, is this generally an issue for people?
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>Depends on how long and how noisy.
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>As I've gotten older, I find loud noise in general is less tolerable,=20
>so I've taken to always keeping a pair of earplugs with me. It makes=20
>being around loud music, etc., much more enjoyable.
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>Long term exposure to noise is widely considered to be a hazard, but=20
>walking into an average data center for an hour once a month is=20
>probably not that risky.
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>... JG
>
Depends on the type of "noise" too.
Datacenters generate (more or less) white noise, which is particularly
harmful long-term to the cilia in your ears because it excites all of
them all of the time. A loud datacenter is much worse than a loud rock
band, IMO.
I personally use Bose noise-canceling headphones.
