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Hi James, thanks for doing this.

I work in IT and support both office and production environments.

Over the last week I've been having some issues with my ears (continuous ringing) , went to the doctors today for a walk in to get it checked out and it's not as a result of an ear infection as I initially thought.

About 11 months ago the business I work for moved and my desk is now situated so my head is about 6 Meters away from the loudest equipment in the building. Originally this equipment was supposed to be contained within walls, but this part of the building plan was scrapped due to funding.

The business had an air pollutant and noise assessment done a few months back and at the time I thought the report didn't look accurate. I have recently scrutinized the numbers and they make virtually no sense at all, non of the methodology of the results is elaborated on. I can provide completely contradictory information with fairly rudimentary equipment and even without a sound meter it's obvious that areas they show in the report as the same ambient noise levels are not.

I do not believe that the noise generated exceed the 85 Decibel 8 hour average or the 97 Decibel 30 minuet average, but I am really concerned that this equipment is having a negative impact on my hearing.

I was on vacation when the testing was initially done and I have heard from other members of staff that the testing device situated near the loud equipment got unplugged for an undetermined period of time, this is not mentioned in the report.

What recourse do I have either in terms of getting the noise assessment redone and ensuring that they test the noise levels when the equipment is running, or in terms of this causing me harm even if it's not exceeding the guideline numbers?

Edit: Apologies for multiple posts that have been deleted, the auto mod didn't like my poor grammar.

Thanks for the info... this was all on my to do list and I have an appointment with my GP in a few days when I'll see if I can get a referral to an ENT specialist.