Hearing Conservation: In Occupational, Recreational, Educational, and Home Settings
Vishakha Rawool
The most current and comprehensive text to cover hearing conservation programs in occupational, non-occupational, and educational settings
According to the National Institutes of Occupational Safety and Health, approximately 30 million employees are exposed to dangerous noise levels at work and an additional nine million workers are at risk for hearing loss from other ototoxins such as metals and solvents. Millions of children and young adults are also at risk for noise-induced hearing loss in non-occupational settings.
Hearing Conservation: In Occupational, Recreational, Education, and Home Settings is the most current text to cover all major topics related to noise-induced hearing ... Read more
Special Features:
- Many examples of audiometric data, that enhance understanding of all types of hearing impairment, test procedures, and standard threshold shift calculations
- Protocols for comprehensive audiological, tinnitus, and auditory processing evaluations
- Clinical pathways and follow-up action steps when a standard threshold shift is confirmed, including decisions about worker compensation in occupational settings
- Assessment of the effectiveness of a wide range of hearing conservation programs and correction of deficiencies, along with training, educational, and motivational techniques
- The most current information about hearing protection and enhancement devices, related regulations, selection and fitting, and training workers
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