Preventing Occupational Hearing Loss: 50 Years of Research and Recommendations from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

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• Personal Author:
  Masterson, Elizabeth A. ; Murphy, William J. ; Peterson, Jeffrey S. ; Themann, Christa L.
• Description:
  For more than 50 years, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), part of the United States (U.S.) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has been actively working to reduce the effects of noise and ototoxic chemicals on worker hearing. NIOSH has pioneered basic and applied research on occupational hearing risks and preventive measures. The Institute has issued recommendations and promoted effective interventions through mechanisms ranging from formal criteria documents to blogs and social media. NIOSH has conducted surveillance and published statistics to guide policy and target prevention efforts. Over the past five decades, substantial progress has been made in raising awareness of noise as a hazard, reducing the risk of occupational hearing loss, improving the use of hearing protection, and advancing measurement and control technologies. Nevertheless, noise remains a prevalent workplace hazard and occupational hearing loss is still one of the most common work-related conditions. NIOSH continues to work toward preventing the effects of noise and ototoxicants at work and has many resources to assist audiologists in their hearing loss prevention efforts. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Hearing Hearing Loss Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced Noise Noise, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: NIOSH Hearing Loss Prevention Hearing Protection History Noise Exposure Occupational Hearing Loss Ototoxicity Surveillance
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISSN:
  0734-0451
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DFSE - Division of Field Studies and Engineering ; PMRD - Pittsburgh Mining Research Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  351-393
• Volume:
  44
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20068298
• Citation:
  Semin Hear 2023 Nov; 44(4):351-393
• Contact Point Address:
  Christa L. Themann, Noise and Bioacoustics Team, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 1090 Tusculum Avenue, MS C-27, Cincinnati, OH
• Email:
  CLT6@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2024
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Seminars in Hearing
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/215657/cdc_215657_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.98 MB ]