Online Safety Library : Noise and Hearing Conservation

Articles and Information

• CDC Noise Homepage
• Noise (Collection from OSHA's SLC Technical Site)
• OSHA Standard 1910.95 - Occupational Noise Exposure (OSHA)
  Noise Exposure Computation (App. A)
  Estimating Adequacy of Hearing Protection (App. B)
  Audiometric Measuring Instruments (App. C)
  Audiometric Test Rooms (App. D)
  Acoustic Calibration of Audiometers (App. E)
  Calculations of Age Corrections to Audiograms (App. F)
  Monitoring Noise Levels (App. G)
  Availability of Referenced Documents (App. H)
  Definitions (App. I)
   
• At-Work Solutions for Noise (NIOSH)
• Airline Cockpit Noise (Richard Nelson)
• Albuquerque's Environmental Story: Noise (Albuquerque Conservation Assoc.)
• Aviation Noise Effects (FAA article from NPC)
• Best Practices in Hearing Loss Prevention (NIOSH)
• Causes of Hearing Loss (Hear It)
• Criteria for a Recommended Standard: Occup. Noise Exposure (NIOSH)
• Cigarette Smoking and Hearing Loss (Hear-It)
• Construction Noise (Bldg-Construction Trades Dept.)
• Elements of an Effective Hearing Conservation Program (LS&S)
• Hearing Conservation (OSHA)
• Hearing Loss Articles (Collection from Hearnet)
• How Noise Effects Hearing (Detroit Medical Center)
• How to Choose the Best Hearing Protection (Reader's Digest)
• An Introduction to Sound Basics (NPC)
• Natl. Inst. of Deafness and other Communication Disorders Health Info Page
• NIOSH Compendium of Hearing Protection Devices (NIOSH)
• NIOSH Industrial Noise Control Manual (NIOSH)
• Noise: A Health Problem (EPA Publication from NPC)
• Noise and Hearing Conservation (OSHA)
• Noise and Hearing Loss (Hear-It)
• Noise and Hearing Loss Prevention (Collection from CDC/NIOSH)
• Noise and It's Effects (NPC)
• Noise Dictionary (NPC)
• Noise, Ears, and Hearing Loss (University of Illinois)
• Noise Exposure and Agriculture (NASD)
• Noise-Induced Hearing Loss (ACOEM)
• Noise Meter (NIOSH)
• NPC Online Library (collection from Noise Pollution Clearinghouse)
• OSHA Hearing Protection Documentation Requirements Checklist (Saftek)
• PPE Selection: Hearing Protection (OSHA)
• A Practical Guide to Effective Hearing Conservation Programs (NIOSH)
• Preventing Occupational Hearing Loss: A Practical Guide (NIOSH)
• Protect Your Hearing for Life (Univ. Iowa Health Center)
• Protect Yourself from Noise-Induced Hearing Loss (AIHA)
• Protective Noise Levels: Condensed Version of EPA's Levels (NPC)
• Shhhhh, Just Quietly You Could Be Going Deaf  (OSU EHS)
• Teen Worker Safety in Restaurants: Noise Levels (OSHA)

Resources

Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA)
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO)
Center for Hearing and Communication
Council for Accreditation in Occupational Hearing Conservation (CAOHC)
Hearnet
Institute of Noise Control Engineering (INCE)
National Hearing Conservation Association
National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH)
National Institute of Deafness and other Communicative Disorders (NIDCD)
Noise Pollution Clearinghouse
Hearing Conservation and Noise Control (Univ. Wisconsin, Whitewater)
Sight and Hearing Association

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