Additional Resources about Noise and Hearing Loss
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CDC Resources
- Noise and Hearing Loss Prevention, CDC’s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
- Hearing Loss in Children, CDC’s Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
- CDC Training and Continuing Education website, Preventive Medicine and Public Health Issues – Hearing Health Care: Safety and Communication – May 12, 2017 (Web on Demand) Course Number: WD2365-051217
- CDC Grand Rounds: Promoting Hearing Health Across the Lifespan.
- Preventing Hearing Loss Caused by Chemical (Ototoxicity) and Poise ExposureCdc-pdf, CDC’s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Other Federal Government and International Resources
The World Health Organization
- The World Health Organization (WHO) launches the “hearWHO” app for mobile devices to help detect hearing loss.External
- Noise PublicationsExternal: World Health Organization. Various publications on environmental noise.
International Telecommunication Union (ITU),
- Guidelines for safe listening devices/systems: ITU docExternal
- Safe Listening Devices and Systems (A World Health Organization-ITU standard): WHO docCdc-pdfExternal
- World Health Organization Toolkit for safe listening devices and systems: ToolkitCdc-pdfExternal
- Related information products are available hereExternal
National Institute of Health
Noise-Induced Hearing LossExternalExternal, National Institutes of Health’s (NIH’s) National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
- It’s a Noisy Planet. Protect Their HearingExternalExternal: This is a national campaign developed by the NIDCD to increase awareness among parents of preteens about the causes and prevention of noise-induced hearing loss.
- It’s a Noisy Planet. Protect Their Hearing: The National Institute of Health’s Noisy Planet introduces a new, easy-to-use online toolkitExternalExternal that educators can incorporate into their lessons to teach kids about noise-induced hearing loss.
- NIDCD Directory of OrganizationsExternalExternal: Provides contact information and brief descriptions with a primary interest in hearing and other communications topics.
- Hearing LossExternal, Food and Drug Administration.
- DOD Hearing Center of Excellence: Patient Engagement Information for Practitioners.
- Comprehensive Hearing Health Care (Your Hearing Matters) for Patients
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Professional Associations
- American Academy of AudiologyExternal
- American Academy of Family PhysiciansExternal
- American Academy of Nursing.External
- American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck SurgeryExternal
- American Academy of PediatricsExternal
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)External
- Listen To Your BudsExternal: This is an ASHA public education campaign to help children and parents follow safe listening habits when using personal audio devices.
- American Tinnitus AssociationExternal
- Hearing Loss Association of AmericaExternal
- National Hearing Conservation AssociationExternal
Nonprofit and Specialty Organizations
- Better Hearing InstituteExternal
- Council on Education of the DeafExternal
- Dangerous DecibelsExternal: This is a public health campaign to prevent noise-induced hearing loss
- Ear Peace: Save Your Hearing FoundationExternal (www.earpeacefoundation.orgExternal) is a non-profit organization whose goal is to make young people aware of the problem of noise-induced hearing loss and motivate them to take effective measures to protect their hearing.
- Educational video( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhwQQ9wn064) about Noise Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL) through Miami Palmetto Senior High School’s participation in the Ear Peace: Save Your Hearing Foundation’sExternal Protect-a-Band Program
- EHDI-PALS, Early Hearing Detection & Intervention – Pediatric Audiology Links to ServicesExternal
- International Hearing Society (IHS)External
- Listen for Life: Noise-Induced Hearing Loss PreventionExternal
- Noise Pollution ClearinghouseExternal
- Operation BangExternal
- Prevention Research Centers Studies Community-based Prevention of Noise-Induced Hearing LossThe Oregon Health and Science University PRCExternal evaluated the effectiveness of four noise-induced hearing loss prevention programs with primary school students in a tribal community. In 53 fourth-grade classrooms, 95% of students were reported to be at risk for noise-induced hearing loss. While all of the programs were effective, the more effective programs were the interactive programs, such as the two Dangerous Decibels®External programs in classrooms. The average improvement across all student survey questions was almost 20% for classroom programs.
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Page last reviewed: April 11, 2019
Content source: National Center for Environmental Health