Poorly fitting earplugs is a major cause of inadequate hearing protection for workers. Honeywell’s new FIX-A-FIT guide for iPad® is a quick, easy and interactive way for safety managers to select, size, and fit earplugs to protect workers from noise-induced hearing loss.
Established in 1990, the Award for Outstanding Hearing Conservationist is awarded to a person whose work is exemplary in our field. It is the pleasure of the National Hearing Conservation Association to announce that this year’s award recipient is William (Bill) Murphy, Ph.D., for his outstanding research, programmatic influence, publications, and other contributions in the area of hearing loss prevention.
The Media Award was established to recognize the efforts of writers and/or producers of news features that serve to heighten public awareness of the hazards of noise. The National Hearing Conservation Association is pleased to announce this year’s winner of the NHCA Media Award: The Department of Defense Hearing Center of Excellence (DOD HCE), Comprehensive Hearing Health Program (CHHP) for exceptional outreach and multimedia work that serves to heighten public awareness of the hazards of noise.
Noise-related hearing loss has been listed as one of the most prevalent occupational health concerns in the U.S. for more than 25 years. According to the CDC, an estimated 22 million U.S. workers are exposed to hazardous noise levels at work, and 9 million more are exposed to ototoxic chemicals.
While operating an industrial machine, a worker at MCM Precision Castings Inc. was exposed to noise levels that averaged 97 decibels, equal to the noise of a jackhammer, over his eight-hour shift. Employees of the Weston, Ohio-based company were also exposed to dangerously high noise levels and crystalline silica dust, a cause of chronic lung disease, OSHA has found.
The number of people exposed to significant airport noise in the United States has decreased from 7 million people in 1975 to approximately 309,000 people in 2012, according to the Federal Aviation Industry (FAA), which cites an initiative to improve aircraft engine and airframe technology to reduce noise, fuel burn, and emissions as one of the factors in the change.
HCI (Health Conservation, Inc.) the pioneer in mobile audiometric testing is pleased to announce the appointment of David M. Gladson as National Sales Director. David has over 20 years of professional sales, marketing and client development expertise spanning consumer package goods, retail consulting, employee recognition & wellness and brand marketing industries.
Noise monitoring specialists Cirrus Research are determined to make some noise at this year's Health & Safety Event at the Birmingham NEC, March 24-26, with its leading Optimus® and doseBadge® ranges.
A growing number of pharma companies are pursuing drugs for the ear, according to a recent article in TheNew York Times. A clinical trial recently began of a gene therapy being developed by Novartis that is aimed at restoring lost hearing, according to the article.
Harmful levels of road traffic noise affect one in four people in Europe and raise health risks ranging from sleepless nights to heart disease, the European Environment Agency (EEA) has stated.