Additional Resources about Noise and Hearing Loss

CDC Resources

• Noise and Hearing Loss Prevention, CDC’s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Hearing Loss in Children, CDC’s Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
• CDC Training and Continuing Education website, Preventive Medicine and Public Health Issues – Hearing Health Care: Safety and Communication – May 12, 2017 (Web on Demand) Course Number: WD2365-051217

Other Federal Government and International Resources

• Hearing Loss, Food and Drug Administration.
• Noise-Induced Hearing Loss, National Institutes of Health’s (NIH’s) National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
  • It’s a Noisy Planet. Protect Their Hearing: This is a national campaign developed by the NIDCD to increase awareness among parents of preteens about the causes and prevention of noise-induced hearing loss.
  • NIDCD Directory of Organizations: Provides contact information and brief descriptions with a primary interest in hearing and other communications topics.
• Noise Publications: World Health Organization. Various publications on environmental noise.

Links to organizations found on this page are provided solely as a service to our users. These links do not constitute an endorsement of these organizations or their programs by CDC or the Federal Government, and none should be inferred. CDC is not responsible for the content of the individual organization web pages found at these links.

Professional Associations

• American Academy of Audiology
• American Academy of Family Physicians
• American Academy of Nursing.
• American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
• American Academy of Pediatrics
• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
  • Listen To Your Buds: This is an ASHA public education campaign to help children and parents follow safe listening habits when using personal audio devices.
• American Tinnitus Association
• Hearing Loss Association of America
• Dangerous Decibels: This is a public health campaign to prevent noise-induced hearing loss
  • Dangerous Decibels Educator Resource Guide
• National Hearing Conservation Association
• Prevention Research Centers Studies Community-based Prevention of Noise-Induced Hearing Loss

  The Oregon Health and Science University PRC evaluated the effectiveness of four noise-induced hearing loss prevention programs with primary school students in a tribal community. In 53 fourth-grade classrooms, 95% of students were reported to be at risk for noise-induced hearing loss. While all of the programs were effective, the more effective programs were the interactive programs, such as the two Dangerous Decibels® programs in classrooms. The average improvement across all student survey questions was almost 20% for classroom programs.

Nonprofit and Specialty Organizations

• Better Hearing Institute
• Council on Education of the Deaf
• EHDI-PALS, Early Hearing Detection & Intervention – Pediatric Audiology Links to Services
• International Hearing Society (IHS)
• Listen for Life: Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Prevention
• Operation Bang

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