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2. 3M is creating a $1 billion trust for service members who say ...

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   Facing almost 250,000 lawsuits from service members who said its earplugs failed to protect their hearing, 3M is committing $1 billion to resolve the suits.

3. 3M to pay out $6B to settle case with veterans over hearing ...

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   3M announced Tuesday that it agreed to pay $6 billion to settle hundreds of thousands of lawsuits alleging 3M’s military earplugs caused hearing loss for U.S. service members. The company said ...

4. 3M agrees to pay $6 billion after US military said faulty ...

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   The earplugs were used by the US military in training and combat from 2003 to 2015. Veterans accused 3M of selling defective earplugs that caused hearing loss and tinnitus, according to a 2021 ...

5. Auditory Hazard Assessment Algorithm for Humans - Wikipedia

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   The explosive charged were detonated outside the end of the 3m tube. Various conditions were accounted for, such as the distance of the participant's ear from the tube, the acoustics of the surrounding environment, the level of hearing protection, and the number of impulses, establishing a matrix of possible exposures.

6. Hearing protection device - Wikipedia

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   Dual hearing protection refers to the use of earplugs under ear muffs. This type of hearing protection is particularly recommended for workers in the mining industry because they are exposed to extremely high noise levels, such as an 105 dBA TWA. [25] [26]} Fortunately, there is an option of adding electronic features to dual hearing protectors ...

7. Earplug - Wikipedia

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   The OSHA training manual for inspectors says the adequacy of hearing protection for use in a hazardous noise environment should be derated to account for how workers typically wear protection relative to how manufacturers test the protector's attenuation in the laboratory. [41] For all types of hearing protection, OSHA's derating factor is 50%.