Efficacy of a Computer-Based Hearing Test and Tailored Hearing Protection Intervention

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• Personal Author:
  Hong O ; Kee GS ; Lusk SL ; Ronis DL
• Description:
  Advances in computer technology and accessibility enable researchers to provide individually tailored interventions for behavioral change. Using multimedia technology, this study developed and tested a computer-based hearing test and a tailored intervention. The purpose of this study was to evaluate, using a randomized experimental design, the efficacy of the intervention to increase workers' use of hearing protection. The tailored intervention developed by the research team showed more significant short-term effect measured immediately after the intervention than the control intervention. For the long-term effect measured 1 year after the intervention, both tailored and control groups showed significant increase in their reported use (7% vs. 6%) from preintervention to postintervention, but no significant difference between the two groups. The change accomplished in this study was small progress toward the desired level of 100% use of hearing protection to prevent noise-induced hearing loss. This finding showed that changing workers' hearing protection behavior is difficult. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Behavior Computers Hearing Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced Noise Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Audiometry Behavior-patterns Behavioral-testing Feedback-controls Hearing-protection Hearing-tests Noise-induced-hearing-loss Qualitative-analysis Quantitative-analysis Training Worker-health Workers

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• ISSN:
  1070-5503
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Michigan ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  304-314
• Volume:
  13
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20031801
• Citation:
  Int J Behav Med 2006 Dec; 13(4):304-314
• Contact Point Address:
  School of Nursing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0482
• Email:
  oshong@umich.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2007
• NORA Priority Area:
  Disease and Injury: Hearing Loss
• Performing Organization:
  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20000930
• Source Full Name:
  International Journal of Behavioral Medicine
• End Date:
  20050929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a2c2b896ae684bbab4a7da8505d2bddbc14ebe5fa8292e33e7f58ba36f6fc40be9fb72960be778392cba33b5e9219a0425ccc29f321dbcb9ff15533c23164a49
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/185957/cdc_185957_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 391.75 KB ]