The Noise Abatement Society鈥檚 Love Your Ears campaign aims to raise awareness and protect children鈥檚 hearing from permanent damage through continued exposure to loud music on MP3 players. However, it should also echo with the construction industry, where BB93 verification is yet to become mandatory and schools still risk failing to meet minimum acoustic standards

The same children that are damaging their ears through loud music are taught in school buildings where poor acoustics make it hard to hear lessons. All indications point to BB93 verification becoming mandatory very soon, with the BB93 review consultation already under way. For those leading the review; now is the time to take action.

Prevention not cure 鈥� especially where billions of pounds of investment is concerned. Let鈥檚 learn from the costly mistakes of the early 好色先生TV Schools for the Future waves and commit to protecting the integrity of BB93 acoustic designs now 鈥� so lessons can be heard long into the future.

Paul Absolon, technical director, CMS Acoustic Solutions

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