NASA John Glenn Research Center 's Acoustical Testing Laboratory (ATL) develops and produces educational resources that support the prevention of noise-induced hearing loss. Single copies of these ATL products are available on request to occupational hearing conservation and noise professionals for use in educational and outreach programs. Single copies of ATL products may be requested via the on-line forms on each of the product description pages.

Here are a few of those products:

Announcing . . . a new interactive “game” compact disc from the NASA Glenn Research Center Acoustical Testing Laboratory . . .

JeopEARdy is an interactive multimedia training resource that has been developed to support effective employee education in occupational hearing conservation programs. JeopEARdy consists of a Microsoft® PowerPoint® file (accompanied by additional linked files containing sounds, videos, and other resources) that can be used as a unique interactive “game” by hearing conservationists. This resource may be used either in its basic (“ready-to-use“) form, or it can be customized to meet specific needs of the audience and instructor (with periodic updates to remain current with policy and program changes). JeopEARdy was created by the NASA Glenn Research Center Acoustical Testing Laboratory, in collaboration with the NASA Johnson Space Center Audiology and Hearing Conservation Clinic, and is distributed for public use by hearing conservationists.

Auditory Demonstrations II: Challenges to Speech Communication and Music Listening

The NASA Glenn Research Center Acoustical Testing Laboratory has produced a new compact disc collection of auditory demonstrations to illustrate the impact of acoustical conditions and hearing loss on everyday listening situations. These audio demonstrations illustrate both the need for, and the benefits of, noise control efforts in a wide range of situations where good speech intelligibility is desirable.

Although Auditory Demonstrations II was developed primarily as a vehicle to further low-noise advocacy within NASA's space flight (and ground-support) programs, it was designed to have broad applicability in the larger technical community. For example, engineers, architects, policymakers, and health care professionals can use these demonstrations to experience and tangibly assess the true cost of communication interference due to noise and hearing loss. In addition to the communication demonstrations, the CD includes recordings of several styles of music that have been modified to demonstrate auditory changes due to progressive noise-related hearing loss (included primarily for use in hearing conservation training programs).

The first disc, Auditory Demonstrations in Acoustics and Hearing Conservation, contains a series of audio demonstrations that were created to illustrate fundamental concepts in acoustics (e.g., frequency, sound level, tonal and broadband noise sources, A-weighting, octave band filtering, audiometric test frequencies, and simulated hearing loss demonstrations). If you don't already have one, single copies may be requested at the Acoustical Testing Laboratory web site, using the on-line request form for Auditory Demonstrations I in the section on Hearing Conservation.