Hearing Conservation Manual: Chapter Details
- Table of Contents (click on each chapter title below for a preview of topics covered within each chapter)
- Chapter 1: Occupational Hearing Conservation Team
- Chapter 2: The Effects of Noise and the Conservation of Hearing
- Chapter 3: The Hearing Conservation Program
- Chapter 4: Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Ear
- Chapter 5: Causes and Management of Hearing Disorders
- Chapter 6: Introduction to Sound
- Chapter 7: Standards and Regulations
- Chapter 8: Noise Measurement and Control
- Chapter 9: Planning the Audiometric Monitoring Program
- Chapter 10: Understanding Audiograms
- Chapter 11: The Audiometric Monitoring Program
- Chapter 12: The “Problem Audiogram,” the Occupational Hearing Conservationist and the Professional Supervisor
- Chapter 13: Hearing Protection Devices
- Chapter 14: Use and Care of Hearing Protection Devices
- Chapter 15: Training and Motivation
- Chapter 16: Recordkeeping and Program Evaluation
- Glossary
Appendices and Index
- Appendix A: OHC Scope of Practice
- Appendix B: PS Scope of Practice
- Appendix C: OSHA Noise Regulation, 29 CFR 1910.95, Occupational Noise Exposure; Hearing Conservation Amendment; Final Rule, Effective March 8, 1983
- Appendix D: List of OSHA Interpretation and Compliance Letters
- Appendix E: OSHA Regulation Checklist
- Appendix F: MSHA Noise Regulation, 30 CFR Part 62, Occupational Noise Exposure, Effective Sept, 13, 2000
- Appendix G MSHA Regulation-Compliance Checklist
- Appendix H: FRA Noise Regulation, 49 CFR 227 and 229, FRA Final Rule on Occupational Noise Exposures for Railroad Operating Workers, Effective Feb. 26, 2007
- Appendix I: FRA Regulation-Compliance Checklist
- Appendix J: NIOSH Hearing Conservation Checklist
- Appendix K: ANSI S3.21-2004 (ANSI, 2009) American National Standard Method for Manual Pure-Tone Threshold Audiometry
- Appendix L: ANSI-ASA S12.6-2008 Methods for Measuring the Real-Ear Attenuation of Hearing Protectors
- Appendix M: ANSI S12.13 TR-2002 (R2010) American National Standard Technical Report Evaluating the Effectiveness of Hearing Conservation Programs through Audiometric Data Base Analysis
- Appendix N: Hearing Loss Statutes in the U.S. and Canada
- Appendix O: Guidelines for Baseline Revision, published by the National Hearing Conservation Association
- Appendix P: OSHA/NIOSH/NHCA Alliance Document (Best Practice Bulletin); Hearing Protection-Emerging Trends: Individual Fit Testing
- Appendix Q: Fix-a-Fit
- Appendix R: Inquiring Ears Want to Know
- Appendix S: Sample Daily Calibration Log DD2217
- Appendix T: Sample Functional Listening Check Log
- Appendix U: Engineering Noise Control (Three part Update series)
- Appendix V: Websites
- Index