Is protecting hearing as high a priority in the workplace as it should be? After all, hearing is an important primary sense that connects us to each other and the environment around us. Hearing allows ...

Work-related hearing loss is a critical health and safety issue. Noise-induced hearing loss is preventable, but once acquired it is permanent and irreversible. Therefore, preventative measures have ...

Millions of workers are exposed to hearing hazards every year, and even though OSHA regulations and NIOSH recommendations in the U.S. specify hearing protection, occupational hearing loss is still the ...

OSHA's first line of defense against hazardous noise involves engineering and administrative controls on equipment or manufacturing processes. If these fail, the Occupational Noise Exposure Standard ...

LANDSTUHL, Germany – The World Health Organization has designated March 3 as World Hearing Day. The WHO estimates 466 million people have disabling hearing loss. By 2050, that figure will almost ...

Exposure to high levels of noise for extended periods of time can cause hearing loss. In accordance with the OSHA Occupational Noise Exposure Standard, employees whose job tasks require them to be ...

Is compliance with the OSHA hearing conservation standard enough to ensure that employees will not suffer from hearing loss due to their exposures at work? In many cases, hearing health experts say, ...

LANDSTUHL, Germany -- October is National Hearing Conservation month and nearly 12 million Americans have noise-induced hearing loss as a result of exposure to noise. Military audiologists across the ...

Certain tools and equipment, such as drills, lawnmowers, vacuums, and generators, can create noisy environments in the workplace. Repeated exposure to excessive noise can lead to irreversible hearing ...

It is the policy of the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) to ensure safe and healthy learning, research, work, entertainment and student living environments for faculty, staff, students and visitors.

The purpose of this Hearing Conservation Program is to protect employees from the adverse effects of excessive noise exposure. This program covers all Western Michigan University employees who may be ...