Hearing Loss from Cab Noise ???
#1
Rookie
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 40
Hearing Loss from Cab Noise ???
Is it possible to lose hearing, (go slightly deaf) from the typical cab noise hittiing your ears 11 hours a day ?
I drive 2004 to 2006 Volvo's 10 to 11 hours a day, and some are louder than others. If you get stuck in a loud one, you're there for 11 hours. I had lousy hearing before I started trucking, and I just want to save the hearing I have left. Thanks
#2
Member
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Lincolnton NC
Posts: 109
I would think so.... When I'm fighting a head wind it gets LOUD in my cab..'07 T-800, I have been making paper ear plugs to dull the noise, mind you I don't use real ear plugs as that I believe would be illegal, just like wearing ear phones, they are not legal nor safe as you can't hear any noises from your truck that you should be listening for :shock: I guess we're caught between a rock and a hard place when it comes to cab noise...
#3
I had an exhaust break on me one day in an ooooold ford daycab truck. I only drove about 15 miles with the broken exhaust, which ended directly under/behind the drivers side. By the time I got into the shop, I couldn't hear anything and my hearing wasn't right for about 2 weeks.
__________________
My facebook profile: http://www.facebook.com/malaki86
#4
Senior Board Member
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Kansas Flatlands
Posts: 607
volvos are pretty good when it comes to sound. they are very quick except in heavy wind. if you drove an older truck or maybe a FL than i would say it could hurt your hearing.
__________________
Originally Posted by God Almighty
Go drive like a Christian or a Texan!!!!
#5
Board Regular
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Garland, Texas
Posts: 381
Straight pipes that come right by the cab can cause hearing loss especially in left ear. Late husband loved his straight pipes but after a few years he did have a recordable hearing loss in his left ear. It comes on slowly and you really never notice the loss till years later when the accumuated effect catches up with you.
Soladad
#10
Moderator
Moderator
Senior Board Member
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Wilson, NC
Posts: 4,154
Yes, the cab noise can ruin your hearing.
I drive a Freightliner XL Classic powered with a Cat 400. This bloody thing gets extremely loud when pulling a full tank load of gas or diesel from a dead stop or gets into a hard pull that the cab noise is just about unbearable. Maybe not as bad as the old B and R model Macks of long ago but comes damn near close and yes, my hearing has been affected!!!
__________________
Don't be to optimistic the light at the end of the tunnel may be another train!!! |
|