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April 2023
New NIOSH Website
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has a new Noise and Occupational Hearing Loss Website. This is a combination of the former NIOSH Noise and Hearing Loss Prevention website and the NIOSH Occupational Hearing Loss Surveillance website: https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/noise/default.html. This site is much more user-friendly and integrated.

Guidance for how to prevent worker hearing loss, from both noise and ototoxic chemical exposures, is now spelled out and easy to read. To reach the surveillance statistics which were formerly at a separate website, there is a button at the bottom of the new site’s main page, or can be reached here: https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/noise/surveillance.html.
Please update your bookmarks and happy exploring!
 
OHS Announces Winners of 2023 Industrial Hygiene Awards
March 29, 2023 – Occupational Health & Safety has announced winners in 21 categories for the third year of its Industrial Hygiene Awards. These awards honor outstanding product development achievements of health and safety manufacturers whose products or services are considered particularly noteworthy in their ability to improve industrial hygiene. To read more: https://ohsonline.com/Home.aspx.
This year’s winners (there are two) of the Hearing Conservation & Noise Reduction category are both NHCA sponsors!
  • Examinetics, Salux
  • SHOEBOX, Ltd., SHOEBOX PureTest
 
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You're Invited! Join us In-Person or Virtually for the International Hearing Protector Fit-Testing Symposium
The goal of this Symposium is to advance hearing protector fit testing through education, research, implementation, and policy.

Objectives include:
• Increase knowledge regarding the evidence-based use of hearing protector fit-testing
• Identify supports and barriers to fit-testing implementation in occupational settings and develop solutions for overcoming barriers
• Advance hearing protector fit-testing as the rule in hearing loss prevention programs
Find Out More
Sponsors/Exhibitors Learn More Here
 
Recent Hearing Research
A Systematic Literature Review of the Factors Influencing Hearing Protection Device Usage among Industrial Workers. Fauzan NS, Sukadarin EH, Widia M, Irianto I, Ghazali I. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Feb 8;20(4):2934. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20042934. PMID: 36833630
 
Monitoring Occupational Noise Exposure in Firefighters Using the Apple Watch. Williams EC, Ma Y, Loo DM, Schaefer Solle N, Millet B, Harris K, Snapp HA, Rajguru SM. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Jan 28;20(3):2315. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20032315. PMID: 36767682

Acute Acoustic Trauma after Exposure to Assault Rifle Noise among Conscripts in the Finnish Defence Forces-A Population-Based Survey. Toivonen M, Pääkkönen R, Niemensivu R, Aarnisalo A, Mäkitie AA. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Feb 14;20(4):3366. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20043366. PMID: 36834060

Hearing Care: Safe Listening Method and System for Personal Listening Devices.
Chen F, Xue H, Wang M, Cai Z, Zhu S. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Jan 25;20(3):2161. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20032161. PMID: 36767527
 
Evaluation of hearing protection device effectiveness for musicians. Crawford K, Willenbring K, Nothwehr F, Fleckenstein S, Anthony TR. Int J Audiol. 2023 Mar;62(3):238-244. doi: 10.1080/14992027.2022.2035831. Epub 2022 Feb 10. PMID: 35143376
 
Sound Postcard
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Khait et al.:
https://mcusercontent.com/6431ea4066ae863439c487bd4/files/a91ba91d-82e9-999b-786a-9c531a829c80/Khait_et_al..mp3
 
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Our Vision: To prevent hearing loss and other auditory disorders due to noise and secondary environmental factors in all sectors of society.

Our Mission: NHCA provides leadership, expertise, and education on hearing loss prevention strategies and services to the broader professional community and empowers and supports members through networking and advocacy.
 


Who is NHCA?


We are a group of passionate hearing conservationists willing to share their expertise to prevent hearing loss. NHCA members include occupational and clinical audiologists, industrial hygienists, occupational health nurses, acoustical engineers and technicians, physicians, occupational health and safety professionals, military personnel, university professors, students, researchers and others with an interest in hearing conservation. 





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- Marjorie Grantham - Editor

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