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-boun...@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-boun...@nanog.org on behalf of jgr...@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.
