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Hearing Research - Current Insights
- Brian Moore has recently published a review of the unique audiometric characteristics of hearing loss demonstrated by noise-exposed military veterans. Moore, Brian C.J. (2020). Diagnosis and quantification of military noise-induced hearing loss, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 148, 884.
- NIOSH researchers, along with a world-wide consortium of colleagues, have published an evaluation of ISO Standard 1999 (2013) predictions of noise-induced permanent threshold shift (NIPTS) in workers exposed to various types of high-intensity noise levels, and the role of the kurtosis metric in assessing noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL). Zhang et al. (2020). New Metrics Needed in the Evaluation of Hearing Hazard Associated With Industrial Noise Exposure, Ear and Hearing: August 19, 2020 – Published Online Ahead of Print.
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UKHCA Newsletter
Our sister organization, UKHCA, has begun publishing their own newsletter. To see what they are doing in the UK, click here to download their latest newsletter! |
Hearing Research - Current Insights
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Sound Postcard
For your audio interlude of the day, click here to enjoy the soothing sounds of a dawn soundscape in Rocky Mountain National Park. To read more about the National Park Service and the work of their Natural Sounds & Night Skies Division, check out “Sound Profiles” in our most recent issue of Spectrum.
Photo credit: Rocky Mountain National Park, nps.gov |
Virginia Issues Mandatory COVID-19 Safety Rule
Virginia’s State OSHA Program is the first state-administered program to issue a mandatory COVID-19 safety rule for general workplaces. This emergency temporary standard, 16VAC25-220, became effective July 27, 2020. Guidance from federal OSHA may be accessed via the COVID-19 topic page. |
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