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Hearing Conservation and Noise Control


General Information

  • Hearing Conservation Program Coordinators

  • Personal Protective Equipment Index Page
  • Community Noise Guidelines
  • Proper Insertion of Protective Foam Earplugs.pdf document, Adobe Acrobat required

Other Resources:

NIOSH Noise Exposure
  • NIOSH Noise and Hearing Loss Prevention Index Page
    • NIOSH Hearing Protector Device Compendium

    • NIOSH Criteria for a Recommended Standard: Occupational Noise Exposure
  • OSHA: Occupational Noise Exposure, 29 CFR 1910.95
    • Appendix A: "Noise Exposure Computation"

    • Appendix B: "Methods for Estimating the Adequacy of Hearing Protector Attenuation"
    • Appendix C: "Audiometric Measuring Instruments"
    • Appendix D: "Audiometric Test Rooms"
    • Appendix E: "Acoustic Calibration of Audiometers"
    • Appendix F: "Calculations and Application of Age Corrections to Audiograms"
    • Appendix G: "Monitoring Noise Levels Non-Mandatory Informational Appendix"
    • Appendix H: "Availability of Referenced Documents"
    • Appendix I: "Definitions"
  • OSHA Noise and Hearing Conservation eTool, (01/2005)
    • Section I: What is considered "noise" and what are the potential health effects?

    • Section II: What standards limit and control noise exposure?
    • Section III: How do I evaluate noise exposure?
    • Section IV: What constitutes an effective hearing conservation program?

Updated July 8, 2008 by SAK

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