Hi Does anyone have any experience of the above? I have searched past topics and not found any previous discussions around the subject. Basically, we have a worker who is totally deaf in one ear and wears a hearing aid in the other, she needs to be able to access an area of our workplace which has recently been designated mandatroy hearing protection. She is unable to wear plugs as she would be rendered totally deaf but unfortunately, when she tries to wear muffs she gets terrible interferance in ther hearing aid. I have searched PPE providers with no luck in finding a solution so far. Interested in any other experiences and solutions! Thanks

As someone dependent on a hearing aid for each ear, I concur with walker's advice. Putting ear muffs over aids causes them to make irritating whistling noises because of amplified feedback through their microphones. Therefore, the usual remedy for this is to switch aids off before covering them with ear muffs. However, those who have hearing aids with volume controls might like to experiment by turning them down to see if they still provide some reduced hearing assistance without the feedback noise. I've just tried this myself (though with a home radio set loud rather than industrial machinery as the excessive background noise) and found that I can eliminate the feedback noise. Also, except perhaps for persons who are totally deaf, surely it's imperative for hearing-impaired people to be protected against harmful noise (occupational or otherwise) in order to help conserve what natural hearing capacity they still possess!