Inquiring Ears Want to Know: A Fact Sheet About Your Hearing Test

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  "Many workers receive an audiogram (hearing test) at some point, especially if they are in a hearing conservation program, but what do the results mean? This single page (two-sided) fact sheet contains important answers to frequent questions workers ask about their audiograms. It addresses why workers should get regular audiograms, how to understand the results, and why the results should be saved to help evaluate and maintain the worker's hearing. It also has some basic information on the causes of hearing loss and how to prevent it."
  
  Citation on Web page: Hudak-RL, Schulz-TY, Randolph-RF. Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2008-102, 2007 Nov; :1-2
  
  
• Subjects:
  Audiometry Deafness, Noise Induced Ear Protective Devices Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced Hearing Tests
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Pamphlet
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Pages in Document:
  electronic; [2] p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20032802
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d3f2036bd74602f4d553273e52cd153b87dcdd0c9a452e11bc6890a61f203ee9a067494caaff17b3fc32d7670820e9920432fe9eb8a65d1a07fff7003f53f638
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/5499/cdc_5499_DS1.pdf
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