Hearing Clinic Planned for the R.M. of Wheatlands #163 Ratepayers
What animal found on the farm is loud enough to damage your hearing? Are earmuffs more effective
than earplugs? Do you know how to prevent noise-induced hearing loss? Do you have hearing loss?
What type of earing protection should I use?
To offer answers to those questions and much more information, appointments can be made for a
Hearing Clinic for Farmers which is being held for the ratepayers of the R.M. of Wheatlands #163
on Thursday December 12th, 2024 from 8:30 am- 3:00 pm at the Mortlach Hall in Mortlach, Sask.
To book an appointment please call (306) 355-2233.
The clinic will include a visual inspection of the ear canal and ear drum and a hearing screening with
explanation of those results. Participants will be shown how to insert earplugs and will receive
information to take home. When necessary, referrals are made. Hearing aids are not sold at the clinic.
Agriculture health and safety resources and programs will also be reviewed.
“On the farm, there are many noises including those from augers, tractors, shotguns and squealing hogs
at feeding time that can damage your hearing”, says Kendra Ulmer, Nurse and Clinic Director for the
Agricultural Health and Safety Network, at the Canadian Centre For Rural and Agricultural Health,
University of Saskatchewan.
The clinic is being offered to RM #163 ratepayers because they are members of the Agricultural Health
and Safety Network and is co-sponsored by the Canadian Centre for Rural and Agricultural Healthat the
University of Saskatchewan and Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture.
For additional information regarding this release, please contact:
Kendra Ulmer, RN , Manager and Clinical Director
Agriculture Health and Safety Network
Canadian Centre for Rural and Agricultural Health
(306) 966-6643
e-mail: [email protected]
