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Training
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OSHA Training Institute Schedule Search. Enter the course name in the
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- 2200 - Industrial Noise. Addresses occupational noise--its nature, hazards, evaluation, and control. Topics include physics of sound, effects of noise, occupational noise standards, noise instrumentation and measurement, frequency analysis, noise control techniques, hearing conservation, audiology, and current OSHA noise compliance policy and inspection procedures.
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Manual Audiometer Computer Simulator User Gizmo (MACSUG). National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Glenn Research Center Acoustical
Testing Laboratory. Provides hearing conservation and audiology educators with
an educational resource for simulating and illustrating techniques and
principles of manual audiometry and audiogram review. Download available.
Other Resources
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Small Business Page. OSHA.
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Job Accomodation Network. US Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP). Facilitates the employment and retention of workers with disabilities by
providing employers, employment providers, people with disabilities, their
family members and other interested parties with information on job
accommodations, self-employment and small business opportunities and related
subjects.
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Publications. United States Access Board. Develops and maintains
accessibility guidelines and standards under several different laws, including
the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Includes guidelines and standards,
guidance materials, reports and research.
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Publications and Resources. National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Noise and Hearing Loss
Prevention Safety and Health Topic. Includes information on NIOSH publications,
charts and graphs and other resources:
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NIOSH Presentations. Includes 10 presentations on such topics as
occupational hearing loss and prevention, noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) in
the construction industry, attitudes and beliefs of workers compared to hearing
professionals regarding hearing protection, noise dosimeters and assessment,
preventing hearing loss from chemical and noise exposures, as well as other
issues involving hearing protectors.
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Resources. Includes links to campaigns, conferences and workshops as well as
links to organizations involved in hearing loss prevention.
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Noise and Hearing Loss in Construction. School of Public Health and
Community Medicine, University of Washington. Includes links to a series of PDFs
on hearing loss prevention in the construction industry.
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American Academy of Audiology (AAA).
Promotes quality hearing and balance care by advancing the profession of audiology
through leadership, advocacy, education, public awareness and support of
research.
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Consumer Guides. Includes topics such as coping with hearing loss, hearing
aid FAQs, aural mechanics, how we hear, and selecting hearing aids.
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Understanding Your Audiogram. Displays visually the results of a hearing
test and analyzes the results of the example audiogram.
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American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
(ASHA). Promotes the interests of and provides the
highest quality services for professionals in audiology, speech-language
pathology, and speech and hearing science, and advocates for people with
communication disabilities.
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Hearing Loss. Take a self-test. Provides the signs of hearing loss, and
statistics about its prevalence among adults.
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Council for Accreditation in Occupational Hearing Conservation (CAOHC).
Provides education, information and guidance to industry and those serving
industry regarding the successful implementation of an occupational hearing
conservation program. It seeks to prevent occupational hearing loss.
- Suter A.
Hearing conservation manual. 4th ed. Berger E, editor. Milwaukee (WI): Council for Accreditation in
Occupational Hearing Conservation (CAOHC); 2000. Contains invaluable information and
significant revisions including how to set-up and maintain a hearing conservation program, how the hearing
conservation team works to prevent hearing loss, updated and expanded regulatory information from OSHA and the Mine Safety
and Health Administration (MSHA), and more.
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Hearing Conservation Related Websites
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Kravets D.
Court cases involving hearing-impaired or deaf workers. San
Francisco Chronicle. 2006 Oct 10. Reports
that the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with US District Judge Thelton Henderson's 2004 ruling that UPS' practices breach the Americans with
Disabilities Act by automatically barring the deaf and hearing-impaired from
driving parcel delivery trucks. In 2003, under a $10 million settlement, UPS
agreed to track promotions and ensure that hearing-impaired employees and job
applicants have access to certified interpreters. The company also agreed to
provide text telephones and vibrating pagers to alert poor-hearing employees
to emergency evacuations.
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