2022 NHCA Conference – Register
NOW to avoid late fees!
Posted: February 2, 2022
Don’t miss out on NHCA’s upcoming annual conference: a virtual three- day event packed with educational workshops, presentations, posters, virtual exhibits, and networking sessions - both live and on-demand!
Program Highlights:
Thursday, Feb. 10
- In-depth workshops
- Hot topic roundtables
- Opening networking session
Friday, Feb. 11
- Keynote address: Dr. Peter Scheifele, Executive Director of FetchLab
- Live presentations
- Safe-in-Sound Award
- Networking with sponsors
Saturday, Feb. 12
- Gasaway Lecture: Dr. John Allen, NASA
- Live presentations
- Luncheon speaker: astronaut Dr. Michael Barrett, NASA
- Introduction to on-demand paper presentations and posters
Following the conference, recorded educational sessions will be available for a limited time to all conference registrants. With the live and recorded sessions, you will have access to 15-20 CEUs from AAA and ASHA. You receive all of this value for about half the price of “traditional” in-person conference registration. Register by February 4, 2022 to avoid late fees. Special first-time attendee rate - only $99!
AIHA Noise Manual, 6th Ed. –
Limited time discount for NHCA
Posted: February 2, 2022
 The American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) is pleased to announce publication of its 6th Edition of The Noise Manual. Many NHCA members participated in the project as editors, authors, and reviewers. To show appreciation, AIHA is offering NHCA members (who are not also AIHA members) a limited time discount of 20% off non-member price for print and/or electronic copies of the book or individual chapters using code NHCA20. Take advantage by ordering by February 28, 2022 at the AIHA bookstore.
World Hearing Day 2022
Posted: February 2, 2022
March 3 has been designated World Hearing Day by the World Health Organization (WHO). This year's theme is "To hear for life, listen with care!" Learn more about World Hearing Day by visiting the WHO resource page. Join the activities and share social media posts to promote ear and hearing care in your community.
Source WHO.int
Scholarship Foundation Board
Opening
Posted: February 2, 2022
The National Hearing Conservation Scholarship Foundation (NHCASF) is seeking volunteers interested in serving on the Board. The term of office is three years. The mission of the NHCASF is to manage endowments and donations, and award scholarships to graduate students focusing on applied/practical studies in hearing loss prevention/hearing conservation. Serving on the Foundation Board is an excellent opportunity to promote NHCA and to encourage students interested in the field. Any NHCA voting member who is interested should contact Lynnette Bardolf, President, [email protected].
Seeking E-News Editor
Posted: February 2, 2022
Do you enjoy keeping an ear out for professional news and being “in the know” with your Association? You could be the next E-News Editor! We're looking for a volunteer to coordinate with the publication and website committees to curate our monthly electronic compilation of NHCA news, events, and developments in hearing loss prevention/sound appreciation. To learn more, please contact Elizabeth Masterson, Director of Communication, at [email protected].
Hearing Research – Current Insights
Posted: February 2, 2022
- Noise was one of the first hazards NIOSH addressed when the Institute
 was established in 1971. A dedicated Noise Section was established to conduct field studies of noise exposure, design engineering controls, test hearing protection devices, evaluate the effectiveness of hearing loss prevention programs, develop standards, and advise government and non-government entities on occupational noise-related policy. As NIOSH celebrates its 50th anniversary, the NIOSH Hearing Loss Prevention Research Program looks back over 50 years of research and recommendations for preventing work-related hearing loss.
NIOSH Noise: A 50-Year Timeline of Research and Intervention. Blog posted January 19, 2022 by Christa L. Themann, MA, CCC-A; Julie Tisdale-Pardi, MA; CAPT Chucri (Chuck) A. Kardous, MS, PE; Elizabeth A. Masterson, PhD, CPH, COHC; Thais C. Morata, PhD; and CAPT William J. Murphy, Ph.D.
- To address the burden of global hearing loss, WHO has identified a compendium of key evidence-based ear and hearing care interventions to be included within a country’s universal health coverage packages. To assess the cost-effectiveness of these interventions and their budgetary effect for countries, WHO analyzed the investment required to scale up services from baseline to recommended levels, and the return to society for every US dollar invested in the interventions.
Tordrup, et al.(2022). Global return on investment and cost-effectiveness of WHO's HEAR interventions for hearing loss: a modeling study. Lancet Glob Health 10(1): e52-e62.doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(21)00447-2.
- The prevalence of hearing loss in the Department of Defense continues to decrease for service members and civilians enrolled in hearing conservation programs, according to a recent report from the Defense Health Agency Hearing Center of Excellence. According to Dr. Theresa Schulz, HCE prevention section chief, data show the number of hearing-impaired service members fell from 18% in 2013 to 15% in 2020. Report findings also reveal the percent of noise-exposed civilians with hearing impairment continues to show a gradual decrease from about 46% in 2013 to 39% in fiscal year 2020.
The Military is Reporting Far Fewer Hearing Problems. Blog posted December 14, 2021 on www.Health.mil by Larine Barr, Hearing Center of Excellence.
Sound Postcard
Posted February 2, 2022
This month we turn our ear to the (very) distant past. Archeologists have long been fascinated by England’s famous Stonehenge Circle and similar stone structures – how they were built, how they were used, their deeper meaning and significance to ancient societies. Now scientists are analyzing the acoustics of these structures to better understand what early cultures would have experienced. Acoustic engineers at the University of Salford built a complete 1:12 scale model of Stonehenge using computer-aided design techniques and then tested the model in a sound laboratory, similar to modeling tests of concert halls and opera houses. Their studies suggested that four thousand years ago, the strong reverberations of musical instruments such as drums and horns would have been amplified when played in the monument’s inner sanctum, but these sounds would have been less audible to anyone outside the circle. To learn more: Journal of Archaeological Science.
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