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DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1769499
Review Article

Preventing Occupational Hearing Loss: 50 Years of Research and Recommendations from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Christa L. Themann
1   Noise and Bioacoustics Team, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, Ohio
,
Elizabeth A. Masterson
2   Division of Field Studies and Engineering, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, Ohio
,
Jeffrey Shawn Peterson
3   Pittsburgh Mining Research Division, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
,
William J. Murphy
1   Noise and Bioacoustics Team, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, Ohio
4   Stephenson and Stephenson Research and Consulting, LLC, Batavia, Ohio
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Abstract

For more than 50 years, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), part of the United States (U.S.) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has been actively working to reduce the effects of noise and ototoxic chemicals on worker hearing. NIOSH has pioneered basic and applied research on occupational hearing risks and preventive measures. The Institute has issued recommendations and promoted effective interventions through mechanisms ranging from formal criteria documents to blogs and social media. NIOSH has conducted surveillance and published statistics to guide policy and target prevention efforts. Over the past five decades, substantial progress has been made in raising awareness of noise as a hazard, reducing the risk of occupational hearing loss, improving the use of hearing protection, and advancing measurement and control technologies. Nevertheless, noise remains a prevalent workplace hazard and occupational hearing loss is still one of the most common work-related conditions. NIOSH continues to work toward preventing the effects of noise and ototoxicants at work and has many resources to assist audiologists in their hearing loss prevention efforts.

Keywords

NIOSH - history - noise exposure - occupational hearing loss - hearing loss prevention - hearing protection - surveillance - ototoxicity

Disclaimer

The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the views of Stephenson & Stephenson Research and Consulting, LLC.




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