LOSS PREVENTION RESOURCE PORTAL: NOISE AND HEARING CONSERVATION
ARTICLES AND INFORMATION
- Noise (Collection from OSHA's SLC Technical Site)
- Noise Exposure Computation (App. A)
- Estimating Adequacy of Hearing Protection (App. B)
- Audiometric Measuring Instruments (App. C)
- Audiometric Test Rooms (App. D)
- Acoustic Calibration of Audiometers (App. E)
- Calculations of Age Corrections to Audiograms (App. F)
- Monitoring Noise Levels (App. G)
- Availability of Referenced Documents (App. H)
- Definitions (App. I)
- Aviation Noise Effects (FAA article from NPC)
- Causes of Hearing Loss (Hear It)
- Criteria for a Recommended Standard: Occup. Noise Exposure (NIOSH)
- Cigarette Smoking and Hearing Loss (Hear-It)
- Elements of an Effective Hearing Conservation Program (LS&S)
- Hearing Conservation (OSHA)
- Hearing Loss Articles (Collection from Hearnet)
- An Introduction to Sound Basics (NPC)
- Natl. Inst. of Deafness and other Communication Disorders Health Info Page
- NIOSH Compendium of Hearing Protection Devices (NIOSH)
- Noise: A Health Problem (EPA Publication from NPC)
- Noise and Hearing Loss (Hear-It)
- Noise and Hearing Loss Prevention (Collection from CDC/NIOSH)
- Noise and It's Effects (NPC)
- Noise Dictionary (NPC)
- Noise Exposure and Agriculture (NASD)
- Noise-Induced Hearing Loss (ACOEM)
- NPC Online Library (collection from Noise Pollution Clearinghouse)
- OSHA Hearing Protection Documentation Requirements Checklist (Saftek)
- PPE Selection: Hearing Protection (OSHA)
- Preventing Occupational Hearing Loss: A Practical Guide (NIOSH)
- Protect Your Hearing for Life (Univ. Iowa Health Center)
- Protective Noise Levels: Condensed Version of EPA's Levels (NPC)
- Teen Worker Safety in Restaurants: Noise Levels (OSHA)
RESOURCES
American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA)
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO)
Center for Hearing and Communication
Council for Accreditation in Occupational Hearing Conservation (CAOHC)
Hearnet
Institute of Noise Control Engineering (INCE)
National Hearing Conservation Association
National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH)
National Institute of Deafness and other Communicative Disorders (NIDCD)
Noise Pollution Clearinghouse
Sight and Hearing Association