NIOSH and NHCA Feature Hearing Loss Prevention in Special Supplement

Collaborating with the NHCA, NIOSH has released a supplemental issue of the International Journal of Audiology that highlights research presented at NHCA’s 36th Annual Conference in February 2011. The studies highlighted include:

• Lessons learned from the use of new methodologies in studying hearing sensitivity after exposure to drug therapies that may cause hearing damage


• Potential barriers to implementing engineering noise controls in manufacturing


• NIOSH-supported research on major sources of noise in daily working life


• NIOSH-supported research on how different hearing protection devices perform across a wide range of impulse sounds


• The effectiveness of hearing protection-enhancement devices for gunshots


• The history and impact of the NIOSH and NHCA Safe-in-Sound Excellence in Hearing Loss Prevention Award

NIOSH recommends removing hazardous noise from the workplace whenever possible and implementing an effective hearing loss prevention program in those situations where dangerous noise exposures have not yet been controlled or eliminated. For more information about noise and hearing loss prevention research at NIOSH, click here.