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Noise and Hearing Loss Prevention

A successful hearing loss prevention program benefits both the company and the employee
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Videos and Interactive Materials

NIOSH Noise Meter
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Noise Meter

How to Fit Hearing Protection
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Pamphlets and Fact Sheets

Worker Relating Hearing Loss - Fact Sheet
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Training booklets available for download describing noise exposures by industry:

  • Summary of construction trades
  • Bricklayers
  • Carpenters
  • Cement Masons
  • Electricians
  • Insulation Workers
  • Iron Workers
  • Laborers
  • Masonry Restoration Workers
  • Operating Engineers
  • Sheet Metal Workers
  • Tile Setters

Download supervisor and worker brochures from the U. of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine
External Link:
http://depts.washington.edu/occnoise/booklets.html

From the Wise Ears Program - NIDCD

External Link: http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hearing/noise.asp

     



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