HearSaf 2000 and NoiseScan - two methods for cataloging noise exposures and predicting noise-induced hearing loss.

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• Personal Author:
  Franks, John R. ; Starck J
• Description:
  At the 1995 FIOH/NIOSH Scientific Symposium a new program for analyzing noise and predicting noise-induced hearing loss developed jointly by NIOSH and FIOH (Signalator) was presented. Since then, NIOSH and FIOH have developed somewhat separately information management systems for noise exposure data. FIOH has developed NoiseScan, A System for Predicting Hearing Loss. NIOSH, in collaboration with private sector management/labor partnerships, has developed HearSaf 2000, a portion of which focuses on relating noise exposures to hearing loss outcomes. Both systems have origins that trace back to collaborations between FIOH and NIOSH when Dr. Jussi Pekkarinen of FIOH was a visiting scientist at NIOSH. Each system will be reviewed to highlight similarities and differences and the long-term goals of each project will be discussed. HearSaf 2000 is intended to provide an overreaching data management function that incorporates noise exposures, protective equipment use, audiometry, medical information, and work histories to create a "data when you need it where you need it" environment. Data for HearSaf 2000 will be resident on local computers, networked computers, on the worldwide web, and on optical cards carried by each worker. Included in HearSaf 2000 are the abilities to evaluate the predictions against observed hearing losses to such noises for workers contained in the databases. NoiseScan is intended to provide a basis to evaluate noises in terms of their predicted hearing loss outcomes, thus providing a basis for noise control strategization, determining which operations to apply noise control first. To be of optimal use in the United States and Europe, both systems need to share a common database definition for recording noise specifications and use common tools for noise analysis and for predicting noise-induced hearing loss.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Asbestos Dust Environmental Monitoring Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Preceptorship Safety
• Keywords:
  Audiometry Exposure Levels Hearing Hearing Disorders Hearing Loss Noise Noise Exposure Noise Induced Hearing Loss Noise Levels Personal Protection Personal Protective Equipment Protective Equipment Protective Measures Risk Factors

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• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Abstract
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DBBS - Division of Biomedical and Behavioral Sciences
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  27
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20047947
• Citation:
  Proceedings of the 7th Joint Science Symposium on Occupational Safety and Health, October 26-27 1998, Hidden Valley, Pennsylvania. Cincinnati, OH: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health,1998 Oct; :27
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1999
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Proceedings of the 7th Joint Science Symposium on Occupational Safety and Health, October 26-27 1998, Hidden Valley, Pennsylvania
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/181686/cdc_181686_DS1.pdf
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