OCCUPATIONAL HEARING LOSS (OHL) SURVEILLANCE

Related Resources

Data

• NIOSH Health Hazard Evaluation Program Noise Measurement Database
  http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/data/datasets/RD-1005-2014-0/
  Includes noise measurement results collected during NIOSH health hazard evaluation (HHE) surveys from 1996 through 2012.

Documents

• NIOSH Practical Guide for Preventing Occupational Hearing Loss
  http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/96-110/
• Nordic Expert Group Occupational Exposure to Chemicals and Hearing Impairment criteria document
  https://gupea.ub.gu.se/bitstream/2077/23240/1/gupea_2077_23240_1.pdf
• American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Guidance Statement on Occupational Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
  http://www.acoem.org/Guidance_Statements.aspx
• American Industrial Hygiene Association Noise Manual, 5th Edition
  http://webportal.aiha.org/Purchase/ProductDetail.aspx?Product_code=bff5064e-4778-de11-96b0-0050568361fd
• Council for Accreditation in Occupational Hearing Conservation, Hearing Conservation Manual, 4th Edition
  http://www.caohc.org/publications/hearing-conservation-manual

Web sites

• NIOSH Workplace Safety and Health Topic: Noise and Hearing Loss Prevention
  http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/noise/
  Includes information related to noise and OHL prevention for all industry sectors.
• OSHA Safety and Health Topic: Occupational Noise Exposure
  https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/noisehearingconservation/
  Includes information on occupational noise, OHL prevention, current regulations and components of a hearing conservation program.
• NIOSH Workplace and Safety Topic: Reproductive Health and the Workplace: Noise
  http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/repro/noise.html
  Includes information on how workplace noise can affect pregnancy and developing babies.
• NIOSH Office of Mine Safety and Health Research Topic: Hearing Loss Prevention Overview
  http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/mining/topics/HearingLossPreventionOverview.html
  Includes information related to OHL prevention in the Mining industry sector.
• National Hearing Conservation Association (NHCA)
  http://www.hearingconservation.org/
  A private organization of audiologists, industrial hygienists, engineers, and others with a mission to prevent hearing loss due to environmental factors such as noise.
• Council for Accreditation in Occupational Hearing Conservation (CAOHC)
  http://www.caohc.org/index.php
  A council comprised of representatives from health organizations with an objective to prevent OHL by providing education and guidance on the successful implementation of an occupational hearing conservation program.
• NIOSH Hearing Protector Device Compendium
  http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/noise/hpdcomp/
  A database containing information on commercial hearing protector device features to aid in selection of protectors for specific situations.
• NIOSH Hearing Loss Prevention Cross-Sector Research Program Description
  http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/programs/hlp/
  Includes the cross-sector program description, strategic goals and outputs.
• North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
  http://www.census.gov/eos/www/naics/
  The standard system used by Federal statistical agencies in classifying business establishments related to the U.S. business economy.