Promoting hearing health among fire fighters

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• Personal Author:
  Afanuh, Susan E. ; Kardous, Chucri A.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Exposure to high noise levels among fire fighters is well documented and increas- es the risk for noise-induced hearing loss. NIOSH recommends measures to pro- mote better hearing health through the use of quieter equipment, better work practices, hearing protection devices, and implementation of effective hearing loss prevention programs.
  
  NIOSHTIC No 20042535
  
  
• Content Notes:
  This document was prepared by Chucri A. Kardous and Susan E. Afanuh, NIOSH.
  
  "May 2013."
  
  Also available via the World Wide Web as an Acrobat .pdf file (485.15 KB, 4 p.).
  
  
• Subjects:
  Firefighters Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Subseries:
  Workplace Solutions
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB2013142
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  print ; [4 p.] : ill. ; 28 cm.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20042535
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a47de448fc6d70afe3533555606eeebf7304bd789889a0f6db0f8dff70c60a7ea22d287b6a7ec8423c655af3a71da4d0a0289a5d19b8e9775bb55cf8549a791c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/13539/cdc_13539_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.87 MB ]