More teachers in preschools and schools are reporting hearing damage, according to Sveriges Radio. Last year, 56 reports of hearing damage from schools and preschools were received, the highest number in ten years. Over the past ten years, 333 preschool teachers and teachers have reported being affected by hearing damage, according to figures from the Swedish Work Environment Authority that the radio station has accessed.
In preschools, one in four employees experiences noise levels so high that it is not possible to speak in a normal conversational tone for most of the day, according to the authority's latest survey.
It's scary, I want to work as a preschool teacher my whole life.