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CAOHC ANNOUNCES - THE 4TH EDITION HEARING CONSERVATION MANUAL (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) - The Council for Accreditation in Occupational Hearing Conservation (CAOHC) announced the release of the Hearing Conservation Manual, 4th Edition, by Alice Suter, PhD (ISBN #0-9723143-0-X). If you're a member of a hearing conservation team in industry or mining - including occupational hearing conservationists, audiologists, physicians, occupational health nurses, industrial hygienists, acoustical engineers, safety engineers, and others - you need this manual for front-line defense against hearing loss in your workers. You'll find invaluable information & significant revisions including: how to set-up & maintain a hearing conservation program, how the hearing conservation team works to prevent hearing loss, updated and expanded regulatory information from OSHA & MSHA, three American National Standard Institute (ANSI) documents, a current survey of workers' compensation regulations, and much more. The author is Alice H. Suter, PhD. Suter served as a Senior Bioacoustical Scientist in the U.S. EPA's Office of Noise Abatement and Control. As Manager of the Noise Standard at the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), she was the chief author of the Hearing Conservation amendment to the noise standard (29 CRF 1910.95). Dr. Suter joined the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) in 1988 as a Visiting Scientist and Research Audiologist. She is presently a private consultant in industrial audiology and community noise abatement. The Editor is Elliott H. Berger, MS, Senior Scientist for Auditory Research at E"A"R / Aearo Company, where for over 25 years he has studied noise and hearing conservation, with an emphasis on hearing protection. He chairs the ANSI working group on hearing protectors, has been a lead editor for two other highly-regarded texts in noise and hearing conservation. More detail about the manual and ordering information is available on the CAOHC website at www.caohc.org or by contacting the CAOHC office. ### The Council for Accreditation in Occupational Hearing Conservation (CAOHC) is an organization dedicated to the establishment and maintenance of training standards for those who safeguard hearing in the workplace. CAOHC has been a leader in providing standards for occupational hearing conservation programs since its inception in 1973. Currently there are over 21,000 CAOHC certified occupational hearing conservationists trained through CAOHC Course Directors to protect the hearing health of workers in industry and mining. For
more information contact: Or, Visit the CAOHC Web site for more information and on-line forms at www.caohc.org /November 2002 |