Posted By Lorraine Shuker Make up pairs of cards with the names of animals on (ie 2 dogs, 2 cats etc) distribute these randomly to your delegates who have to find their animal partner by making the appropriate noise as loudly as possible (ie woof, meow etc). When pairs are matched they have 5 mins to interview each other and then introduce the other person to the group. If the group already know each other make the task to find out an interesting fact about the other person. Something like the "what you don't know about Jimmy is that he can walk on his hands/met the Queen/can light his own farts" The noise connection is the undoubted cacophany they make in finding each other. Have fun whatever you choose to do Also check out internet for ideas such as businessballs.com

Posted By Jonathan Breeze Helen, Do you mean the icebreaker or lighting your own farts?

Posted By Nigel Hammond The HSE used to do a CD that demos what it is like to be deaf. Trouble is, it's empty... No seriously, they did one that demonstrated what a pub conversation sounded like to someone young and then someone old who had been exposed to XdB for X number of years. It also had all sorts of simulations of tinitus. - not an exciting icebreaker - but something worth introducing in the day - if you can get hold of a CD from the HSE - sorry I can't remember what it was called. Another thing i used to do was demonstrate what 85dBA sounds like by lining up the delegates down one end of the room, playing a getto blaster at the other end with a recording of a pneumatic hammer. I would hold a noise meter up to where they are standing and adjust the volume with a remote. The other suggestions sound like much more fun though!

Posted By Robert S Woods Say hello welcome to my presentation on noise. Everyone will go "wot". Oh how I we all laugh. Still as funny the 1000th time as the first.

Posted By Robert Kingston I have some funny photographs if you want to include them. Because of my location you will need to e-mail me and I will send them to you. Regards Robert

Posted By Paul Leadbetter The HSE noise file referred to above can now be downloaded from http://www.hse.gov.uk/noise/demonstration.htm. Paul

Posted By David.G.C i have emailed you direct with an ice breaker