NIOSH Hearing Loss Prevention Program for Mining [2023]

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• Personal Author:
  Azman, Amanda S. ; Peterson, Jeffrey S.
• Description:
  Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) continues to be a pervasive problem for the nation's workforce, particularly the nation's mining personnel. As one of the leading health and safety organizations in the world, the National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety (NIOSH) in Pittsburgh maintains a Hearing Loss Prevention Program (HLPP) to conduct research to reduce NIHL loss among the nation's miners. This document provides a brief overview of this HLPP, describing some of the research techniques involved in the development of engineering noise controls, methods for the development of administrative noise controls, and some of the products available to the public to protect the nation's workers hearing. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Engineering Hearing Hearing Loss Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced Mining Noise Noise, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Administrative Controls Author Keywords: NIOSH Engineering Controls Hearing Conservation Hearing Loss Prevention Hearing Protection Mining Mining Industry NIHL Noise Controls Noise Induced Hearing Loss

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• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISSN:
  0734-0451
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PMRD - Pittsburgh Mining Research Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  394-411
• Volume:
  44
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20068615
• Citation:
  Semin Hear 2023 Nov; 44(4):394-411
• Contact Point Address:
  Amanda S. Azman, Au. D., Human Systems Integration Branch, Pittsburgh Mining Research Division, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 626 Cochran's Mill Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15236
• Email:
  ZAB9@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:
  urn:sha-512:b96c8b7e5c7c28d7ef5a1b1577ca0b70f2c13a1fd9bed4f62e2863261ba9e0af0617236c717a03bba884f3d9ab18f18bdc3c76bd28cee7629d4801b65087d8ab
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/215659/cdc_215659_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 10.35 MB ]