RESOURCES
On this page you can find useful information about noise
from various federal and nonfederal resources.
Federal
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Federal Interagency
Committee on Aviation Noise (FICAN) [external
link]
Provides a forum for discussing future research needs regarding better
understanding, predicting, and controlling the effects of aviation noise
and encouraging new technical development efforts in these areas. Its
Web site offers information about FICAN activities, research,
publications, news, and links to related noise sites ...more
- National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health
- Medline
Plus [external link]
Provides a list of resources about noise and hearing loss ...more
- National Institute on
Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
[external link]
Conducts and supports biomedical and behavioral research and research
training; conducts and supports research and research training related
to disease prevention and health promotion; addresses special biomedical
and behavioral problems associated with people who have communication
impairments or disorders; and supports efforts to create devices that
substitute for lost and impaired sensory and communication function. The
site provides documents, databases, and other resources regarding ...more
- Occupational Safety and
Health Administration [external link]
- Noise
and Hearing Conservation [external link]
Provides information about evaluation, control, compliance, and
training related to noise and hearing loss in the workplace,
engineering controls, and hearing conservation programs ...more
Nonfederal
- American Academy of
Audiology [external link]
Promotes quality hearing and balance care by advancing the profession of
audiology through leadership, advocacy, education, public awareness and
support of research ...more
- American
Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
[external link]
Provides resources on communication disorders, including hearing, for
the public, professionals in the communication field, and students of
audiology and speech-language pathology ...more
-
Healthy Hearing [external link]
Provides hearing news, information, resources, and a platform for
exchanging information ...more
- League for the Hard of
Hearing [external link]
- Noise Center
[external link]
The Noise Center’s mission is to promote hearing conservation and
noise awareness through education, advocacy and outreach. This Web
site provides information about legislation, noisy toys, airport
noise, hearing hazards, and other topics related to hearing and noise
...more
- National
Hearing Conservation Association (NHCA) [external
link]
NHCA’s mission is to prevent hearing loss due to noise and other
environmental factors in all sectors of society. The site includes
information about membership and the organization, position statements,
meetings, and hearing-related resources ...more
- Noise Pollution
Clearinghouse [external link]
The clearinghouse is a national nonprofit organization offering
extensive online noise-related resources. Its mission is to create more
civil cities and more natural rural and wilderness areas by reducing
noise pollution at the source ...more
- Sight and
Hearing Association [external link]
The association is dedicated to preventing the needless loss of vision
and hearing through effective screening, education, and research. Its
Web site offers information about eye and ear issues, products, and
services ...more
-
Wise Ears! Coalition [external link]
The Coalition, of which CDC is a member, is conducting a national
campaign to prevent noise-induced hearing loss. Its Web site includes
information for children, teachers, parents, the public, media, and
coalition members, and partners ...more
- World Health
Organization [external link]
-
Guidelines for Community Noise [external link]
The guidelines provide information about noise sources and their
measurement, the adverse health effects of noise, guideline values,
and noise management ...more
Other Environmental Hazards & Health Effects Topics
- Air Pollution
& Respiratory Health
Asthma, carbon monoxide, mold ...more
- Environmental
Public Health Indicators Project
List of core indicators, links to individual indicators, data sources ...more
- National
Environmental Public Health Tracking Program
Ongoing collection, integration, analysis, interpretation, and dissemination
of data on environmental hazards, exposures to those hazards, and health
effects that may be related to the exposures ...more
- Radiation
Studies
General radiation facts, public health research, radon research ...more
