Awarding and Promoting Excellence in Initiatives to Control Noise and Prevent Hearing Loss

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• Personal Author:
  Beamer B ; Morata, Thais C.
• Description:
  How can we capture the impact of noise control? The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and the National Hearing Conservation Association are helping answer this question through the Safe-in-Sound Excellence in Hearing Loss Prevention Award. The award gathers, organizes and disseminates information on proven approaches to reduce the risks associated with noise exposure. By disseminating evidence-based strategies, Safe-in-Sound aims to enable other organizations to effectively advance hearing loss prevention practices. The award highlights accomplishments and reminds a larger audience of the importance of controlling noise. Some winners report that the award provides leverage and opportunities to expand the reach of the current approaches within their organizations. Furthermore, several Safe-in-Sound solutions have been adopted by other organizations or in other geographical regions. Beyond recognizing those that have reached a pinnacle of achievement, the award motivates winners to pursue additional program improvements and to reach higher goals. In addition, the award has facilitated the adoption of successful noise control activities and strategies for workers not traditionally considered in typical workplace hearing loss prevention programs (e.g. musicians, military personnel). [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Environmental Exposure Hearing Hearing Loss Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced Noise Noise, Occupational Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Acoustic Measurement Exposure Levels Health Effects Hearing Level Hearing Loss Hearing Loss Prevention Military Personnel Musicians Noise Control Noise Exposure Noise Levels Risk Factors Sound Work Environment Worker Health Workers

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• Publisher:
  Institute of Noise Control Engineering
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; 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
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20054277
• Citation:
  Inter-Noise 2018. The 47th International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering: Impact of Noise Control Engineering, August 26-29, 2018, Chicago, Illinois. Indianapolis, IN: Institute of Noise Control Engineering, 2018 Aug; :1783
• Contact Point Address:
  T.C . Morata, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 1090 Tusculum Avenue C-27, Cincinnati, OH, 45226
• Email:
  tmorata@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Inter-Noise 2018. The 47th International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering: Impact of Noise Control Engineering, August 26-29, 2018, Chicago, Illinois
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/216872/cdc_216872_DS1.pdf
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