Demand for doseBadges from the entertainment sector is high, says the company, due to the Updated Noise at Work regulations, which came into force in 2008. Under these regulations, employers in the entertainment industry are now required to manage the risk to their employees caused by excessive noise.
Apart from the entertainment sector, the new black doseBadge has also found favour with security companies, the police force and the emergency services, but is suitable for any application where a less visible personal noise measurement solution is needed.
"The doseBadge has proved really popular with musicians and orchestras, but because it is silver it shows up when it is used in concerts where the musicians wear black, which is why we have released a matt black version, which is much less visible." said James Tingay, group marketing manager of Cirrus Research.
"It has the same robust, yet lightweight metal construction and self-contained design as its silver cousin, with no external controls, fragile displays, cables or microphones and is a system which can withstand the most hostile of working environments. The wearer can't break it by knocking or dropping it. They can't catch it on anything, or disconnect it from its power supply. In fact its operation cannot be impeded in anyway, either deliberately or accidentally. The result is that doseBadges can be used to assess the risk of noise induced hearing loss and help organisations comply with noise at work regulations, with total reliability, year after year."
(Jim Evans)
