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Survey of Hearing Conservation Programs in Industry.

PB274235

Publication Date	1975
Personal Author	Schmidek, M. E.; Layne, M. A.; Lempert, B. L.; Fleming, R. M.
Page Count	148
Abstract	Industrial hearing conservation programs are assessed in terms of the extent of existence, standard practices, problems encountered, and apparent measures of effectiveness. A survey questionnaire was used and site visits were made in order to elicit responses from individual companies in four major industrial categories: manufacturing, construction, transportation and mining. The results indicate that many industries are responding to the need for establishment of hearing conservation programs. Of those companies claiming to have noise problems, the majority have noise reduction programs and a large percentage are planning such programs. Engineering noise control seems to pose the greatest problem for industry, and most companies deal with controlling noise exposure through the use of ear protectors. Tolerances on audiometers and on background noise levels in test rooms as established by the American National Standards Institute were frequently exceeded at one or more frequencies, indicating a need for more precise calibration check procedures.
Keywords	Auditory perception Industrial hygiene Noise reduction Surveys Programs Industrial plants Environmental engineering Safety devices Evaluation Tables(Data) Preventive medicine Questionnaires Measuring instruments Interviews Construction industry Transportation Mining Effectiveness Ear protectors Hearing conservation Occupational safety and health Noise pollution Environmental health Threshold limit values Maximum permissible exposure level
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 68G - Environmental Health & Safety 68B - Noise Pollution & Control 94D - Job Environment
Corporate Authors	National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, Ohio. Div. of Labs. and Criteria Development.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	197804

Survey of Hearing Conservation Programs in Industry.

Survey of Hearing Conservation Programs in Industry.
PB274235

Publication Date	1975
Personal Author	Schmidek, M. E.; Layne, M. A.; Lempert, B. L.; Fleming, R. M.
Page Count	148
Abstract	Industrial hearing conservation programs are assessed in terms of the extent of existence, standard practices, problems encountered, and apparent measures of effectiveness. A survey questionnaire was used and site visits were made in order to elicit responses from individual companies in four major industrial categories: manufacturing, construction, transportation and mining. The results indicate that many industries are responding to the need for establishment of hearing conservation programs. Of those companies claiming to have noise problems, the majority have noise reduction programs and a large percentage are planning such programs. Engineering noise control seems to pose the greatest problem for industry, and most companies deal with controlling noise exposure through the use of ear protectors. Tolerances on audiometers and on background noise levels in test rooms as established by the American National Standards Institute were frequently exceeded at one or more frequencies, indicating a need for more precise calibration check procedures.
Keywords	Auditory perception Industrial hygiene Noise reduction Surveys Programs Industrial plants Environmental engineering Safety devices Evaluation Tables(Data) Preventive medicine Questionnaires Measuring instruments Interviews Construction industry Transportation Mining Effectiveness Ear protectors Hearing conservation Occupational safety and health Noise pollution Environmental health Threshold limit values Maximum permissible exposure level
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 68G - Environmental Health & Safety 68B - Noise Pollution & Control 94D - Job Environment
Corporate Authors	National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, Ohio. Div. of Labs. and Criteria Development.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	197804