New Executive Committee Named To CAOHC Council
New Representative Joins Council

Milwaukee, Wisconsin -- The Council for Accreditation in Occupational Hearing Conservation (CAOHC) elected a new Executive Committee effective October 2, 2003. CAOHC has been a leader in providing standards for occupational hearing conservation since its inception in 1973. CAOHC's main objective is to promote the conservation of hearing by enhancing the quality of occupational hearing programs. 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.

The Executive Committee is led by the CAOHC Chair Beth A. Cooper, PE INCE. Bd.Cert. She represents the Institute of Noise Control Engineering (INCE). Cooper is an acoustical engineer and Manager of Acoustical Testing Services at the NASA John H. Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field, Cleveland, OH. Cooper succeeds Theresa Schulz, PhD CCC-A. A representative of the Military Audiology Association (MAA), Schulz is Deputy Director for Plans and Programs for the Air Force Human Systems Wing at Brooks City-Base, Texas. She remains on the Council as Immediate Past-Chair.

Other officers include Vice-Chair Richard W. Danielson, PhD, representing the American Academy of Audiology (AAA). He is currently an associate professor of otorhinolaryngology and communicative sciences at Baylor College of Medicine and the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI), Houston TX, and is serving as the Manager for Audiology and Hearing Conservation, Johnson Space Center - National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The Secretary/Treasurer, James Banach, MBA, is representing the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA). He has been a member of the Quest Technologies management team since 1984; he is currently the CIO and Vice President of Operations. He has been a past president of the National Hearing Conservation Association (NHCA), and past chair of the American Industrial Hygiene Association's Noise Committee (AIHA).

New Council Member, Donald Henderson, PhD joined the Council at the October 2003 board meeting as a second representative for the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). Dr. Henderson is a Professor of Communicative Disorders and Sciences at the State University of New York at Buffalo, New York. He is an internationally-known auditory researcher, specializing in the physiological and auditory effects of impulse and continuous noise on hearing. Dr. Henderson's current research focuses on novel approaches in the prevention and reversal of noise-induced hearing loss.

Continuing on the Council are:
Paul J. Brownson, MD FACOEM FAAFP, American College of Occupational & Environmental Medicine (ACOEM); Elliott Berger, MS INCE, Bd.Cert., American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA); Robert D. Bruce, PE INCE.Bd.Cert, Institute of Noise Control Engineering (INCE); David Chandler, PhD, Military Audiology Association (MAA);John H. Elmore, MA MBA, American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE); Robert A. Goldenberg, MD, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS); Mary M. McDaniel, MS CCC-A, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA); Peter M. Rabinowitz, MD MPH, American College of Occupational & Environmental Medicine (ACOEM); Gayle S. Rink, MS RN COHN-S, American Association of Occupational Health Nurses (AAOHN); Mark Stephenson, PhD, American Academy of Audiology (AAA); Marcella R. Thompson, CSP RN COHN-S, American Society of Safety Engineers(ASSE); Peter Weber, MD, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS).

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