Sound level in cab

What make/model?

 

There's a name for constant ringing in the ears, and it is a medical problem.

Perhaps see a doctor?

I've driven some loud trucks that make the ears ring for a while, but it always went away after a while.

I pull pneumatic tanker and the blowers on our trucks are very loud. Yet I see lots of clowns without ear plugs. I guess they don't wanna hear their wives complain when they go home...

 

Tinnitus

 

I looked up the specs on the Volvo website a few years ago when I got a new Volvo. The specs showed the interior sound level was 87 dB. OSHA says a work environment at 88 dB, where the worker is exposed to that sound level for 8 hours should wear hearing protection.

95 dB is obviously loud enough to cause hearing damage especially since many drivers are exposed to their noise environment for 11-14 hours, not 8.

I don't know the legality of wearing ear plugs while operating a CMV. But a driver I know well has found a new favorite ear plug Mack's Slim Fit ear plugs are cheap and comfortable. Container of 50 for under $10. I think that driver wears them almost 24 hours per day.

 

95dB sustained is when you're to consider hearing protection. I've got a decibel meter and use it on occasion. 95 in the truck really doesn't seem that loud and I've got pretty decent hearing. Is it your truck? Put sound deadening insulation under the floor mats and the inside of the firewall.

 

They may be the quietest cabs AND be loud enough to cause hearing damage. Remember, truck drivers are typically in their loud environment for almost 12 hours per day. OSHA guidelines require employee hearing protection if the environment is above a certain sound level and the employee is exposed 8 hours per day.

 

Standards
OSHA requires employers to implement a hearing conservation program when noise exposure is at or above 85 decibels averaged over 8 working hours, or an 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA).