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Background
According to the
World Health Organization's Guidelines for Community Noise, noise is an
increasing public health problem. Noise can have the following adverse
health effects: hearing loss; sleep disturbances; cardiovascular and
psychophysiologic problems; performance reduction; annoyance responses;
and adverse social behavior.
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Links
Federal
- CDC's National
Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities'
Early Hearing
Detection and Intervention (EHDI) Program
EHDI
programs are located in
states and are
designed to identify infants with hearing loss by universal screening.
The Web site includes EHDI program information; screening guidelines;
research findings and state data; and information for professionals
and parents.
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CDC's National Center for Health
Statistics (NCHS)
Several NCHS data systems contain data about hearing loss, including
the following:
- CDC's National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
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Federal Interagency
Committee on Aviation Noise (FICAN) *
FICAN provides a forum for discussing future research needs regarding
better understanding, predicting, and controlling the effects of
aviation noise and encouraging new technical development efforts in
these areas. Its Web site offers information about FICAN activities,
research, publications, news, and links to related noise sites.
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National Institute
on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders *
NIDCD conducts and supports biomedical and behavioral research and
research training; conducts and supports research and research
training related to disease prevention and health promotion; addresses
special biomedical and behavioral problems associated with people who
have communication impairments or disorders; and supports efforts to
create devices that substitute for lost and impaired sensory and
communication function. The site provides documents, databases, and
other resources regarding hearing.
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Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Noise and Hearing
Conservation Web Site *
The site provides information about evaluation, control, compliance,
and training related to noise and hearing loss in the workplace,
engineering controls, and hearing conservation programs.
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Nonfederal
Organizations
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American Academy of Audiology
*
The American Academy of Audiology promotes quality hearing and balance
care by advancing the profession of audiology through leadership,
advocacy, education, public awareness and support of research.
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American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association (ASHA) *
ASHA provides resources on communication disorders, including hearing,
for the public, professionals in the communication field, and students
of audiology and speech-language pathology.
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Healthy Hearing *
This site provides hearing news, information, resources, and a
platform for exchanging information.
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League for the Hard of
Hearing's Noise Center *
The Noise Center’s mission is to promote hearing conservation and
noise awareness through education, advocacy and outreach. This Web
site provides information about legislation, noisy toys, airport
noise, hearing hazards, and other topics related to hearing and noise.
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National Hearing
Conservation Association (NHCA)*
NHCA’s mission is to prevent hearing loss due to noise and other
environmental factors in all sectors of society. The site includes
information about membership and the organization, position
statements, meetings, and hearing-related resources.
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Noise Pollution Clearinghouse *
The clearinghouse is a national nonprofit organization offering
extensive online noise-related resources. Its mission is to create
more civil cities and more natural rural and wilderness areas by
reducing noise pollution at the source.
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Sight and Hearing Association
*
The association is dedicated to preventing the needless loss of vision
and hearing through effective screening, education, and research. Its
Web site offers information about eye and ear issues, products, and
services.
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Wise Ears!
Coalition
The Coalition, of which CDC is a member, is conducting a national
campaign to prevent noise-induced hearing loss. Its Web site includes
information for children, teachers, parents, the public, media, and
coalition members, and partners.
- World Health
Organization's
Guidelines for Community Noise *
The guidelines provide information about noise sources and their
measurement, the adverse health effects of noise, guideline values,
and noise management.
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Publications
CDC on Community
Noise/Hearing Status
Estimated
prevalence of noise-induced hearing threshold shifts among children 6-19
years of age: The Third National Health and Nutrition Examination
Survey, 1988-94 -- United States.
Niskar AS, Kieszak SM,
Holmes A, Esteban E, Rubin C, Brody DJ. Pediatrics 2001;108:40-3.
This analysis
estimates the first nationally representative prevalence of
noise-induced hearing threshold shifts among U.S. children. The results
of this analysis suggest that children are being exposed to excessive
amounts of hazardous levels of noise, and children's hearing is
vulnerable to these exposures.
Also see the Letter
to the Editor and reply:
Reply to letter to
the editor: noise-induced hearing loss. Niskar AS, Kieszak SM,
Holmes A, Esteban E, Rubin C, Brody DJ. Pediatrics 2002;109:987-8.
Prevalence of
hearing loss among children 6-19 years of age: The Third National Health
and Nutrition Examination Survey.
Niskar AS, Kieszak SM,
Holmes A, Esteban E, Rubin C, Brody DJ. JAMA 1998;279(14):1071-5.
This analysis
describes the prevalence of hearing loss among U.S. children by
sociodemographic characteristics, reported hearing loss, and audiometric
screening factors. The results of this analysis indicate that 14.9% of
U.S. children have low-frequency or high-frequency hearing loss of at
least 16-dB hearing level in one or both ears.
Also see the Letter
to the Editor and reply:
Letters - August
19, 1998, In Reply: Hearing loss among children.
Niskar AS, Kieszak SM,
Holmes A, Esteban E, Rubin C, Brody DJ. JAMA 1998;280:602.
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