Noise and noise control.

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• Personal Author:
  Beohm RT ; Brueck, Scott E.
• Description:
  Noise that is loud (85-90 dBA) and prolonged can permanently destroy the tiny hair cells inside our ears, causing hearing loss. Today over 20 million Americans are exposed to hazardous noise on the job as well as off the job. Studies show that, in general, the ear sustains damage afte about an eight-hour exposure to noise of 80 decibels. OSHA and most U.S. standards set the permissible exposure limit (PEL) at 90 dBA of noise exposure over an eight-hour time period. Worldwide, the majority of PELs for noise are set at 85 dBA over eight hours. NIOSH estimates that 92 percent of workers should be safe from noise-induced hearing loss over their lifetime at this PEL. OSHA reports approximately 90 percent of U.S. workers have time-weighted average (TWA) noise exposure of 95 dBA or less. Noise and ototoxic substances in the workplace can have a detrimental effect on a worker's hearing and could even cause tinnitus, or ringing in the ears, and psychological stress in older workers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Ear Hearing Hearing Loss Mental Health Noise Noise, Occupational Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Sense Organs Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Noise-control; Noise; Cell-damage; Cell-function; Cellular-function; Hearing; Hearing-loss; Exposure-levels; Risk-factors; Workers; Work-environment; Noise-exposure; Ears; Ear-disorders; Psychology; Stress
• ISBN:
  9781885581679
• Publisher:
  American Society of Safety Engineers
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Book
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  229-259
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20042850
• Citation:
  Safety engineering, 4th edition. Mroszczyk JW ed. Des Plaines, IL: American Society of Safety Engineers, 2013 Jan; :229-259
• Editor(s):
  Mroszczyk JW
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Safety engineering, 4th edition
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/248219/cdc_248219_DS1.pdf
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