Total Hearing Health: A Holistic Approach to Hearing Health Care

Details

• Personal Author:
  Themann, Christa L.
• Description:
  About 24 percent of hearing impairment cases among U.S. workers are attributable to workplace noise exposures. Noise has been regulated in the United States for decades, yet hearing loss remains one of the most highly prevalent work-related conditions. Although rates of noise-induced hearing loss are slowly declining overall, progress has been slow and trends vary by industry. Clearly, a new approach is needed to reduce the burden of occupational hearing loss. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) launched the Total Worker Health (TWH) Program to promote worker wellness by integrating occupational safety and health practices with injury and illness prevention efforts. Traditional occupational safety and health programs have primarily concentrated on ensuring that work is safe and that workers are protected from the harms that arise from the work itself. TWH expands this approach to include risk factors and health behaviors traditionally deemed unrelated to workplace safety. NIOSH defines TWH as a set of "policies, programs, and practices that integrate protection from workrelated safety and health hazards with promotion of injury and illness prevention efforts to advance worker well-being." TWH is a holistic approach to health that integrates workplace safety interventions with health promotion efforts to maximize health and minimize illness and injury. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Hearing Hearing Loss Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced Noise Noise, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Hearing Conservation Hearing Disorders Hearing Loss Hearing Loss Prevention Noise Exposure Noise Induced Hearing Loss Total Worker Health TWH
• ISSN:
  0745-7472
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DFSE - Division of Field Studies and Engineering
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  18-19
• Volume:
  73
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20060153
• Citation:
  Hear J 2020 Apr; 73(4):18-19
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2020
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  The Hearing Journal
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:59cb1ad96f98fdb46fc09b8706b77be6fafe257efac9f25dab376bd2781803c89f8341c4019692c03d5ebfe606b00fe1c05c570df5323a12d572149e51be4179
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/224153/cdc_224153_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 943.90 KB ]