Other Resources
Campaigns
Audiology
Awareness Campaign
External Link: http://www.audiologyawareness.com
The Audiology Awareness Campaign (AAC) was organized by five professional
audiology organizations with one main goal in mind: helping persons
with hearing loss.
Dangerous Decibels
External Link: http://www.dangerousdecibels.org
The Dangerous Decibels project is a public health campaign designed
to reduce the incidence and prevalence of Noise Induced Hearing
Loss (NIHL) and tinnitus (ringing in the ear) by changing knowledge,
attitudes, and behaviors of school-aged children.
Wise
Ears Campaign
External Link: http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/wise/index.asp
A national consortium of industry, government, private organizations,
non-profits, academia, etc. devoted to preventing noise-induced
hearing loss.
Conferences and Workshops
Proceedings from Past Conferences/Workshops
Includes Powerpoint and Flash version of presentations from previous
conferences/workshops on noise and hearing loss prevention.
Miscellaneous Resources
Healthy Youth - Noise Induced Hearing Loss
Learn more about why it is important to establish positive hearing health practices at an early age and the role schools can play in promoting the hearing health of our nation's youth.
FreeHearingTest.com
External Link: http://www.freehearingtest.com
FreeHearingTest.com is an online resource for hearing-related products
and services, as well as offering an unique online hearing test.
Hearnet
External Link: http://www.hearnet.com
A nonprofit hearing information source for musicians and music lovers.
Net
Connections for Communication Disorders and Sciences
External Link: http://www.communicationdisorders.com
This Web site provides access to many valuable resources for professionals
and students in communication disorders and sciences as well as
for persons with communication disabilities and those who are part
of their lives.
NIOSH
Hearing Loss Prevention in Mining
NIOSH Topic Page on noise control and hearing loss prevention in
the mining industry presents a number of techniques from proper
use of hearing protection to current hearing loss publications to
noise control solutions.
Noise Pollution Clearinghouse
External Link: http://www.nonoise.org
The Noise Pollution Clearinghouse is a national non-profit
organization with extensive online noise related resources.
Occupational
Noise Exposure in Construction: Rick Neitzel
External Link: http://staff.washington.edu/rneitzel/index.htm
This page was originally started to make available the results
of Rick Nietzel's Masters thesis research at the University of Washington.
The site contains excellent data and resource links (especially
regarding construction noise).
Organizations
Acoustical Society
of America (ASA)
External Link: http://asa.aip.org
American Academy
of Audiology (AAA)
External Link: http://www.audiology.org
American Industrial Hygiene Association
(AIHA)
External Link: http://www.aiha.org
American Speech, Language, Hearing
Association (ASHA)
External Link: http://www.asha.org
American Tinnutus
Association
External Link: http://www.ata.org
Association for Research
in Otolaryngology (ARO)
External Link: http://www.aro.org
Council for Accreditation
in Occupational Hearing Conservation (CAOHC)
External Link: http://www.caohc.org
Institute of Noise Control Engineering
of the USA (INCE)
External Link: http://www.inceusa.org
Laborers'
Health and Safety Fund of North America
External Link: http://www.lhsfna.org/html/noise_home.html
League for the Hard of Hearing
External Link: http://www.lhh.org
Military Audiology
Association (USA)
External Link: http://www.militaryaudiology.org
Mine
Safety and Health Administration--Noise (MSHA Noise Rule 1999)
External Link: http://www.msha.gov/1999noise/noise.htm
National Association of the Deaf
External Link: http://www.nad.org
National
Hearing Conservation Association (NHCA)
External Link: http://www.hearingconservation.org
National Institute on Deafness
and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
External Link: http://nidcd.nih.gov
Sight and Hearing Association
External Link: http://sightandhearing.org
OSHA
Noise and Hearing Conservation
External Link: http://www.osha-slc.gov/SLTC/noisehearingconservation/index.html
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