An Amazing 10-Year Collection of Hearing Loss Prevention Supplements by the National Hearing Conservation Association

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• Personal Author:
  Meinke, Deanna K. ; Morata, Thais C.
• Description:
  Ten years ago, we had the privilege to be guest editors of the first International Journal of Audiology (IJA) National Hearing Conservation Association (NHCA) supplemental journal issue, which was released in 2011. We were delighted to again repeat the feat, by being the guest editors of the current supplement, containing a few of the presentations at the 2019 NHCA annual conference. The current supplement gives us a chance to revisit and celebrate the tenth consecutive year of these publications. The selection of papers in each of the supplements of this 10-year collection represents well the multidisciplinary nature of NHCA, with its membership that includes a diverse population of individuals (audiologists, industrial hygienists, physicians, scientists, engineers, students and many others) who learn from each other. This rich pool of expertise is unique -and needed- to address the challenge of preventing the harmful effects of noise. In examining the body of work captured in this 10-year supplement collection, some trends were noted. First, the need for early identification and intervention for noise-induced hearing loss is highlighted in several papers that considered the risk of noise-induced hearing loss in youth and young adults (in the supplements of 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018) and others that provided evidence-based intervention outcomes in this population (2012, 2014). These manuscripts provide further support for expanding the focus of hearing loss prevention beyond the workplace. A second trend reveals the overdue recognition of the need to extend hearing loss prevention activities and strategies towards workers that are not traditionally considered in typical workplace hearing loss prevention programmes. In particular, readers will find papers which covered those who are exposed to music as part of their profession or recreation (2011, 2015, 2018), construction workers (2011), and workers in sports or entertainment venues (2013, 2016, 2017, 2018). In the current supplement, a paper by Stumpf et al. describes the extreme noise exposures of sugar cane mill workers, obtained by personal noise exposure measurements conducted in Guatemala. It also provides valuable insight towards noise control and other hearing loss measures to be tailored to this population. This supplement then takes us from Guatemala to space; and we learn about the noise dosimetry measurements on the International Space Station, a key element for the success of NASA's hearing loss prevention initiatives. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Hearing Hearing Loss Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced Noise Noise, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Hearing Loss Prevention Hearing Protection Hearing Threshold Noise Exposure Noise Induced Hearing Loss
• ISSN:
  1499-2027
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 8
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DFSE - Division of Field Studies and Engineering
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  59
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20058219
• Citation:
  Int J Audiol 2020 Jan; 59(Suppl 1):S1-S2
• Contact Point Address:
  Thais C. Morata, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH 45226
• Email:
  tmorata@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2020
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction ; Manufacturing
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  International Journal of Audiology
• Supplement:
  1
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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• Download URL:
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