The fifth edition of CAOHC's Hearing Conservation Manual is the most complete and current information on occupational hearing conservation.
New to the Fifth Edition:
•Full color text
•Four additional chapters
•Comprehensive glossary of terms
•Five additional appendix documents
Table of Contents
- Occupational Hearing Conservation Team
- The Effects of Noise and the Conservation of Hearing
- The Hearing Conservation Program
- Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Ear
- Causes and Management of Hearing Disorders
- Introduction to Sound
- Standards and Regulations
- Noise Measurement and Control
- Planning the Audiometric Monitoring Program
- Understanding Audiograms
- The Audiometric Monitoring Program
- The "Problem Audiogram," the Occupational Hearing Conservationist and the Professional Supervisor
- Hearing Protection Devices
- Use and Care of Hearing Protection Devices
- Training and Motivation
- Recordkeeping and Program Evaluation
- Glossary
Appendices and Index
- OHC Scope of Practice
- PS Scope of Practice
- OSHA Noise Regulation, 29 CFR 1910.95, Occupational Noise Exposure, Hearing Conservation Amendment; Final Rule, Effective March 8, 1983
- List of OSHA Interpretation and Compliance Letters
- OSHA Regulation Checklist
- MSHA Noise Regulation, 30 CFR Part 62, Occupational Noise Exposure, Effective Sept 13, 2000
- MSHA Regulation-Compliance Checklist
- FRA Noise Regulation, 49 CFR 227 and 229, FRA Final Rule on Occupational Noise Exposures for Railroad Operating Workers, Effective Feb 26, 2007
- FRA Regulation-Compliance Checklist
- NIOSH Hearing Conservation Checklist
- ANSI S3.21-2004 (ANSI, 2009) American National Standard Method for Manual Pure-Tone Threshold Audiometry
- ANSI-ASA S12.6-2008 Methods for Measuring the Real-Ear Attenuation of Hearing Protectors
- ANSI S12.13 TR-2002(R2010)American National Standard Technical Report Evaluating the Effectiveness of Hearing Conservation Programs through Audiometric Data Base Analysis
- Hearing Loss Statutes in the US and Canada
- Guidelines for Baseline Revision, published by the National Hearing Conservation Association
- OSHA/NIOSH/NHCA Alliance Document (Best Practice Bulletin): Hearing Protection-Emerging Trends: Individual Fit Testing
- Fix-a-Fit
- Inquiring Ears Want to Know
- Sample Daily Calibration Log DD2217
- Sample Functional Listening Check Log
- Engineering Noise Control (Three part Update series)
- Websites
| Publication Date | 2015 |
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| Format | Spiral bound softcover, 422 pages |
| Product Code | 99004 |
