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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).


Fall 2001 · Volume 13, Issue 3 (PDF file) Issues Relating to Speech Communications in Noise by J. G. Casali, PhD CPE and G. S. Robinson, PhD
Developing and Implementing an Engineered Noise Control Solution by Beth A. Cooper, PE INCE. Bd.Cert.
OHC Corner - STS: Back to the Basics by Gayle S. Rink, RN MS COHN-S
Going Down Under: A Mining Industry Experience by Melette Meloy, MS CCC-A

Summer 2001 · Volume 13, Issue 2 (PDF file)
EAResponsibilities by Deanna Meinke, MA FAAA and John Charbonneau, MD MPH
Update on Hearing Loss Recordability: OSHA Call for Comments by Susan Cooper Megerson, MA CCC-A
OHC Corner - Audiometer Care by Richard W. Danielson, PhD CCC-A
Hearing Protector Testing by E. H. Berger, MS

Note: An unintentional change of volume number occurred between Spring 2001 and Summer 2001.

Spring 2001 · Volume 12, Issue 1 (PDF file) Hearing Protector Testing by E. H. Berger, MS
OSHA- CFR 1904
OHC Corner - Hard to Test Workers by Linda Frye, COHN-S/CM MPH RN
Selecting an Engineered Noise Control Approach by Beth A. Cooper, PE INCE.Bd.Cert.

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.

Permission is granted to print and copy the articles on this web site. However, permission to reprint articles in other publications or websites must be obtained by contacting the CAOHC office. © 2008.

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