In the office, take a break!

Discussions, bursts of laughter, phone ... It's not always easy to focus and feel good at work. Here are 10 tips for surviving noise.

Many French people are bothered by noise at work. In France, 8 out of 10 people say they are embarrassed by the noise and noise on their workstations, according to a survey conducted by the JNA association during the National Day of Hearing 2016 campaign. the sectors of activity are concerned. Open spaces and phone call platforms are particularly singled out. It is therefore important to establish rules of living together so that everyone feels at their best, but sometimes that is not enough. You must then resort to small tricks to protect yourself from noise.

And for good reason, the fact of constantly soliciting his ears generates stress for the body. Headaches, irritability, weariness ... There are many signs of hearing fatigue. To avoid being confronted, it is essential to be able to do daily auditory pauses, that is to say to isolate oneself to be perfectly calm or at least to solicit to a lesser extent his ears. If this is easier to implement at home, it is also possible to do it at work. Walk in a park at lunch time, isolation in a meeting room unoccupied to complete a file ... Do not hesitate to trick! The JNA association believes in its "Small survival guide to noise and stress at work" that these times must be at least equivalent to the sound exposure time. To protect yourself from noise and take care of yourself, check out our 10 noise prevention tips at work.