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UPDATE

Spring 2010, Volume 22, Issue 1
Preventing Hog Ears: A task-based noise analysis at a swine confinement by Chandran Achutan, PhD
Hearing Loss Data for 2008 Shows Little Change by Lee D. Hager, CAOHC Council Chair
NIOSH and NHCA present 2010 Safe-in-Sound Excellence in Hearing Loss Prevention Awards

Fall 2009, Volume 21, Issue 3
What Farmers Can Teach Us About Hearing Protector Use by Marjorie McCullagh, PhD, RN, PHCNS-BC, COHN-S
Cerumen Management by Paul J. Brownson, MD, FACOEM, FAAFP
EPA Proposes Changes to NRR for Hearing Protectors by Lee D. Hager, CAOHC Council Representative, AIHA

Summer 2009, Volume 21, Issue 2
Does Hearing Conservation Work? by Christine Harrison, MSc, Aud(C)
Noise, Hearing Protector Use, and Hearing Loss in American Workers by SangWoo Tak, ScD, MPH
First Safe-in-Sound Excellence in Hearing Loss Prevention Awards™ Presented by Pamela S. Graydon, MS and Thais C. Morata, PhD
Best Practices in Promoting the Use of Hearing Protection by Madeleine J. Kerr, PhD, RN

For the most recent three (3) issues, selected articles are posted on this page.

All other prior UPDATE issues listed below are posted as PDFs (where available).


July 1992 – Volume 3, Issue 2 (PDF file) Course Directors: New Course Outline and Course Application in Effect by Susan Cooper Megerson, MA CCC-A
The Long-Awaited Draft ANSI S12.13 Standard is Here by Theodore R. Hatfield, MD, FACOEM, FACPM

The UPDATE newsletter is published three times yearly. It is provided to Certified OHCs and Course Directors as a benefit of their certification. UPDATE is available online in its entirety to the extent possible, except that only selected articles are posted from the most recent three (3) issues. Annual subscriptions are available for $20.00. Please contact CAOHC.

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Opinions expressed in the UPDATE are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect official CAOHC policy.