Hearing protectors. Safety requirements and testing - Ear-plugs Ingestion-build-83346 Agreed wording from the IEC

Agreed wording from the IEC technical committee 104 meeting held in Stockholm:2000 on the testing of soft packages

Calculation and expression of the result

for example wedges

plastics and glass-reinforced plastics

Hearing protectors. Safety requirements and testing - Ear-plugs Ingestion-build-83346 Agreed wording from the IECThe particular requirement in relation to the ability of hearing protectors to reduce noise below daily limit levels is addressed in the standard by requiring the sound attenuation of the hearing protectors, measured in accordance with EN 24869 1, to be not less than a specified minimum. Further, by requiring that the measured sound attenuation be declared, the selection of suitable hearing protectors for individual circumstances may be undertaken