Ear protection

Wed Sep 23 15:02:59 UTC 2015

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

-----Original Message-----
From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces at 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 at nanog.org on behalf of jgreco at ns.sol.net> wrote:

>> Maybe I've always listened to my music to loud and spend the bulk of 
>>time  via ssh, but I've never felt a need for hearing protection in a 
>>DC, is this  generally an issue for people?
>
>Depends on how long and how noisy.
>
>As I've gotten older, I find loud noise in general is less tolerable, 
>so I've taken to always keeping a pair of earplugs with me.  It makes 
>being around loud music, etc., much more enjoyable.
>
>Long term exposure to noise is widely considered to be a hazard, but 
>walking into an average data center for an hour once a month is 
>probably not that risky.
>
>... 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.