Topic: Advanced Hearing Protection and Communications

No CEU credits of any kind will be offered for viewing the recorded version of this webinar. This webinar will be recorded.

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When: October 14, 2026 at 1:00pm- 2:00pm ET

CEUs: 1-hour Continuing Education (AAA and 0.1 ASHA CEU)

Pricing:

• NHCA/CAOHC Members: $38
• Non-members: $50

About the Webinar: While it is common within the hearing conservation community to utilize noise exposure data as well as hearing protector attenuation data to select hearing protection devices for noise exposed personnel, the worker’s audibility needs are not as widely considered. Recent research has demonstrated what hearing conservation professionals has known intuitively: workers sometimes forgo hearing protection device use, or purposefully do maximize hearing protector attenuation to restore a needed degree of audibility. An audibility assessment will be presented to help hearing conservation professionals to better meet their worker’s needs.

Presenter: Eric Fallon, LTC (Ret), Au.D.

Dr. Fallon currently works for 3M Corporation as an Application Engineer in Technical Service supporting the global Military and Law Enforcement Segment. Having spent 25 years in the military as an infantryman, artilleryman and audiologist, Eric has managed hearing conservation programs as large as 48,000 personnel. He has multiple deployments to both Iraq and Afghanistan and has seen firsthand the challenges of communicating in noisy environments and maintaining audibility while protecting one’s hearing from hazardous noise. He routinely works with the military community in solving tactical communication and hearing protection issues and is working to broaden that interest to the industrial workplace. Eric holds a Doctorate degree in Audiology, and a Certificate of Clinical Competency in Audiology with the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association (ASHA).

Learning Outcomes - By the end of this presentation, attendees will be able to:

1. As a result of this activity, the participant will be able to describe additional hearing protection selection criteria that may benefit the noise exposed worker.

2. As a result of this activity, the participant will be able to describe technologies designed to help with environmental hearing while wearing hearing protection.

3. As a result of this activity, the participant will be able to describe the advantages of communicating by electronic communication devices in high levels of noise. 

Program Level: Introductory

Satisfactory completion requirement statement: Requirements to satisfactorily complete this webinar and qualify to obtain CEU credits are as follows: 1) learners must be present during the entire presentation. 2) learners must provide answers to the 6 assessment questions with satisfactory results; questions are based on the Learning Outcomes. 3) learners must provide answers to 3 verification questions and a password that will be provided during the presentation.

Disclosure: Eric Fallon has no relevant financial or non-financial information to disclose.

General disclosure: This webinar is not focused on a specific product or service and there will be no or limited information about similar products or services. The subject relates directly to training methods used in hearing conservation programs and does not endorse or recommend specific products. CAOHC shares the nominal proceeds of this webinar with NHCA.

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