Noise, Occupational - Prevention & control
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Indicators of hearing protection use: self-report and researcher observation.

29 Sep 2009 Hearing protection devices (HPD) are commonly used to prevent occupational noise-induced hearing loss. There is a large body of research on hearing protection use in industry, and much of it relies on workers' self-reported use of hearing ... Read more...

Real noise from the urban environment: how ambient community noise affects health and what can be done about it.

30 Jul 2009 The increasing interest in the potential effects of the community environment on individual health has so far excluded those of the acoustic environment. Yet it has long been recognized that continued exposure to elevated sound levels leads to ... Read more...

Interventions to prevent occupational noise induced hearing loss.

6 Jul 2009 BACKGROUND: Millions of workers worldwide are exposed to noise levels that increase their risk of hearing impairment. Little is known about the effectiveness of hearing loss prevention interventions. OBJECTIVES: To assess the effectiveness of ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Noise, Occupational - Prevention & control'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Indicators of hearing protection use: self-report and researcher observation. 29 Sep 2009
• Real noise from the urban environment: how ambient community noise affects health and what can be done about it. 30 Jul 2009
• Interventions to prevent occupational noise induced hearing loss. 6 Jul 2009
• Efficacy of a low cost protocol in reducing noise levels in the neonatal intensive care unit. 21 Apr 2009
• Hearing screening program impact on noise reduction strategies. 30 Mar 2009
• You're the flight surgeon: Intracranial neoplasm. 30 Mar 2009
• Coping with the NRR change. 27 Feb 2009
• Ensuring effective HCPs. 27 Feb 2009
• Hearing protectors "real-world" performance and the European directive 2003/10/EC. 30 Dec 2008
• Individual fit testing of hearing protection devices. 30 Dec 2008
• Hearing protectors: topicality and research needs. 30 Dec 2008
• Performance of different types of hearing protectors undergoing high-level impulse noise. 30 Dec 2008
• An educated guess on the workplace attenuation variability of ear muffs. 30 Dec 2008
• Measurement of effective noise exposure of workers wearing ear-muffs. 30 Dec 2008
• Assessing differences in methodologies for effective noise exposure calculation. 30 Dec 2008
• Is it reasonable to expect individuals to wear hearing protectors for extended periods? 30 Dec 2008
• German criteria for selection of hearing protectors in the interest of good signal audibility. 30 Dec 2008
• The hearing conservation amendment: 25 years later. 30 Dec 2008
• Hearing loss in veterans and the need for hearing loss prevention programs. 30 Dec 2008
• Planning a multilevel intervention to prevent hearing loss among farmworkers and managers: a systematic approach. 30 Dec 2008

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Technical information about 'Noise, Occupational'

Definition: Noise present in occupational, industrial, and factory situations.

Descriptor UI: D009623

Alternative terms: Noise, Occupational; Occupational Noise; Noises, Occupational; Occupational Noises;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; economics; legislation & jurisprudence; prevention & control; statistics & numerical data;

Tree Number: N06.850.460.610.526;

History Note: 91(79); was see under NOISE 1979-90

Technical Notes: coord IM with specific occupation (IM) if pertinent; consider also HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; DF: NOISE OCCUP