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Recognition at long last\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n
A significant step has just been taken in recognising the auditory risks associated with working in a digital environment. Some pathologies, unfortunately developed by our fellow interpreters, and which had initially been either ignored or downplayed, have finally been recognised as occupational diseases.<\/div>\n
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This recognition is a significant step by the Institution and the result of patient and rigorous collective work initiated already several years ago by Union Syndicale.<\/div>\n
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We were already alerting in October 2022 with \u2018Hearing health\u00a0problem for our interpreters\u2019,<\/a>\u00a0and then in June 2023 with \u2018Working\u00a0conditions for interpreters:\u00a0 Union Syndicale asked the administration to open negotiations immediately\u2019<\/a>\u00a0and in October 2023 with \u2018Hearing of Interpreters: Removal from Platforms?<\/a>\u2019.<\/div>\n
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A collective work in progress<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n
Today, we welcome the launch, at the request of the Committee for Prevention and Protection at Work (CPPT), of the risk analysis on the digital audio chain.<\/div>\n
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It is a collaborative process involving the main stakeholders: SCIC (the Directorate-General for Interpretation), the CPPT (Committee for Prevention and Protection at Work), the SIPP (Internal Service for Prevention and Protection at Work), the department for occupational medicine and the Delegation of interpreters as particularly concerned and involved stakeholder.<\/div>\n
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The administration commissioned an external service provider,\u00a0<\/span>Modyva<\/a>, to carry out a study concerning the ergonomics and acoustics at work for SCIC interpreters. Although this comes late and is not prioritising the issue of compressed sound as we would have preferred, this approach offers nevertheless concrete hope in terms of prevention.<\/div>\n
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We welcome this step forward but remain vigilant to the new challenges for the auditory health of interpreters, who have been working in a digital environment transformed since the pandemic.<\/div>\n
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This issue is also the subject of research at the highest scientific level: the Institut Pasteur is currently conducting a study on the effects of compressed sound on the hearing system of regular users of conference platforms.<\/div>\n
Interpreters wishing to participate can contact the Institut Pasteur directly:\u00a0<\/span>COMPRESSED – Research – Institut Pasteur<\/a><\/div>\n
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A mobilisation that continues<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n
Union Syndicale Bruxelles remains fully committed to the effective prevention of hearing risks among our interpreter colleagues.\u00a0In this regard, we would like to pay a warm tribute to\u00a0<\/span>Marie-Odile Franckaert,<\/b>\u00a0a lawyer, a member of Union Syndicale and a staff representative whose commitment, rigour and humanity have marked this fight.\u00a0<\/span>Her memory<\/a>\u00a0and action will continue to inspire our engagement.<\/div>\n
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An issue that concerns us all<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n
This issue concerns us all, not just our interpreter colleagues. In our frequent hybrid meetings and often prolonged videoconferences, or our daily use of headphones, we are all being exposed to compressed, altered and potentially toxic sound.<\/div>\n
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The symptoms regularly mentioned \u2013 tinnitus, hearing fatigue, hidden deafness, concentration disorders, migraines, to name the most reported symptoms \u2013 must be taken seriously! For this, we also recall our leaflet “Take\u00a0<\/span>great care of your ears!”\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n
And for those who have been suffering in silence since the introduction of platforms: There is now hope.<\/div>\n
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Do not wait any longer, we are listening to you. Please contact us!<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>
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