acoustic shock

English

Noun

acoustic shock (countable and uncountable, plural acoustic shocks)

1. The symptoms that can be caused by unexpected loud sounds (an acoustic incident) received through a telephone headset.
   • 2006 November 19, Jo Revill, “1,000 call centre workers suffer from noise shock”, in The Observer:

     More than 1,000 people working in call centres across Britain are thought to have suffered the effects of acoustic shock, a little-known hearing condition triggered when people are exposed to a loud and unexpected noise.