Preventing occupational hearing loss: an important message - they're your ears.

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  This NIOSH pamphlet provides guidance in how to use both formable and premolded ear plugs, and includes the following tips: 1. Wearing your hearing protector intermittently can reduce its effectiveness by 50%. 2. Make sure you avoid getting creases in the formable plug when you roll it down. 3. Do not push a formable plug into your ear if you have not rolled it down tightly enough. 4. If you can't get at least half of the plug into the ear canal, or if the plug can't expand enough to stay firmly seated, you need a different size. Remember, size matters! 5. Make sure premolded plugs are completely dry before storing them in their case, or using them in your ear. 6. Some trial and error will be necessary to find the hearing protectors that are best for you. 7. When removing plugs with an airtight seal, first gently break the seal before pulling out your earplug.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Metal Workers Nitrogen Compounds Nitrosamines Occupational Health Preceptorship Safety
• Keywords:
  Ear Protection Ear Protectors Ears Hearing Hearing-conservation Hearing-loss Hearing Loss Prevention Hearing Protection Occupational-exposure Occupational-hazards Occupational-health

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• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Other
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DART - Division of Applied Research and Technology ; EID - Education and Information Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-8
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20057675
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 2004 Jan; :1-8
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2004
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6e691c02c4a3d09b258ae5d24564ed365dda35085d221278b487c55143f99e5874a839c95f60d8c49b5b15b77af6de600841833f94bbd751dde690068d661ef0
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/181833/cdc_181833_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.71 MB ]