NIOSH/NHCA Best-Practices Workshop on Impulsive Noise

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• Personal Author:
  Davis, Rickie R. ; Franks, John R. ; Kardous CA
• Description:
  In 2003 May, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the National Hearing Conservation Association (NHCA) co-sponsored a Best-Practices Workshop on Impulsive Noise and Its Effects on Hearing. The Workshop brought together leading international experts from labor, industry, and government to: (1) provide an overview of the current state of knowledge on the effects of impulsive sounds on the human auditory system; (2) develop strategies for measuring and evaluating impulsive sounds; and (3) identify specific priorities for. future research. Five key needs were identified: (1) instruments and standards for measurement and evaluation of impulsive sounds; (2) international consensus on descriptors for impulsive sounds and procedures for applying results from tests on animals to models for the effect of impulsive sounds on hearing impairment of humans; (3) international consensus on procedures to evaluate the effectiveness of hearing-protection devices and of engineering noise-controls to reduce hearing impairment caused by impulsive sounds; (4) understanding of hearing impairment resulting from occupational and non-occupational exposure to impulsive sounds; and (5) international consensus agreement on a damage-risk criterion for impulsive sounds. (c) 2005 Institute of Noise Control Engineering. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Animals Engineering Hearing Hearing Loss Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced Noise Noise, Occupational Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety

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• Keywords:
  Animal-studies Auditory-system Engineering-controls Hearing-impairment Hearing-loss Hearing-protection Humans Impulse-noise Models Noise-control Noise-exposure Noise-induced-hearing-loss Noise-levels Occupational-exposure Occupational-hazards

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• ISSN:
  0736-2501
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DART - Division of Applied Research and Technology
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  53-60
• Volume:
  53
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20027573
• Citation:
  Noise Control Eng J 2005 Mar-Apr; 53(2):53-60
• Contact Point Address:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Applied Research and Technology, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226
• Email:
  cyk5@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2005
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Noise Control Engineering Journal
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:40e94d2a4c294d0e7e8fc0feac3c1283b9f3b9a849c8e3bfa6f8662b8d9ea9bd44f6ee628f76e83b6f1708815a5020150bfdf7586fbb07958487f3d5e4c7a5b1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/197597/cdc_197597_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.24 MB ]