Talk:Hearing conservation program

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Hearing Conservation Program for Kids
Hello! I would like to edit this article by adding some information about hearing loss prevention programs for children. It would be nice for parents to be able to read a section on the prevention of hearing loss for their kids in an educational or community-based setting. The following are evidence-based sources regarding teaching hearing conservation in the educational realm.

Griest, S. E., Folmer, R. L., & Martin, W. H. (2007). Effectiveness of “Dangerous Decibels,” a school-based hearing loss prevention program. American Journal of Audiology, 16(2). doi:10.1044/1059-0889(2007/021)

Gallihugh, N. (2007). Implementation of a hearing loss prevention program in a school setting. Perspectives on Hearing Conservation and Occupational Audiology, 11(1), 4. doi:10.1044/hcoa11.1.4

Folmer, R. (2008). Hearing-loss prevention practices should Be taught in schools. Seminars in Hearing, 29(1), 067-080. doi:10.1055/s-2007-1021774

Folmer, R. L., Griest, S. E., & Martin, W. H. (2002). Hearing conservation education programs for children: A review. Journal of School Health, 72(2), 51-57. doi:10.1111/j.1746-1561.2002.tb06514.x

Martin, W. H., Sobel, J., Griest, S. E., Howarth, L., & Yongbing, S. (2006). Noise induced hearing loss in children: Preventing the silent epidemic. Journal of Otology, 1(1), 11-21. doi:10.1016/s1672-2930(06)50002-9

Jennifer.ruths (talk) 17:48, 29 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Jennifer.ruths, feel free to make contributions as you see fit! Let me know if there is any way I can be of assistance. James Hare (NIOSH) (talk) 14:36, 3 October 2016 (UTC)

Hearing Protection Devices
The first sentence of this section "If engineering controls fail to maintain an 8-hour time-weighted average below 85 dBA, then a hearing protection device (HPD) is required" needs a citation. Mbruce13 (talk) 19:15, 2 February 2018 (UTC)


 * D4 47.39.239.191 (talk) 18:51, 9 June 2023 (UTC)

Earplugs
Hello. Is there a source that can be cited to show where the information regarding the four general classes of earplugs was found? Amariemurphy (talk) 22:56, 14 January 2018 (UTC)

This section on earplugs is a good opportunity for a visual showing various types of HPD. Consider adding pictures here. GTachenko (talk) 19:14, 2 February 2018 (UTC)

Suggestion
I would consider re-wording certain statements within the article that introduce opinion so that it only includes factual information. For example, “Audiometric testing is most important...” ; and “The NRR now has some help.” Amariemurphy (talk) 00:12, 15 January 2018 (UTC)

In the section "Audiometric testing program" reference 14 is used for 7 of the 8 citations. I would consider searching for another source of information. NewlandStage5 (talk) 19:18, 2 February 2018 (UTC)

The sentence in the "Audiometric testing program" that reads "Audiometric testing is a very important part of a hearing conservation program" may introduce some bias towards the audiometric testing being the most important part of the program. Consider revising to make a more neutral statement. Sisjenni (talk) 19:21, 2 February 2018 (UTC)

I would like to fix some of the grammatical errors, provide a few citations, and rewrite the Noise Reduction Rating section. The graphic used in that section is taken directly from an article and I believe it is plagiarized.MBooth7 (talk) 17:25, 22 March 2019 (UTC)

Critique of Employee training and education section
I would consider removing or editing the last sentence in the Employee training and education, "Proper training is imperative since "even with a very modest amount of instruction attenuation performance can be significantly improved."" When adding to wikipedia articles, including quotations is not recommended.

Additionally, it may be beneficial to add a section about resources needed to implement hearing conservation training. Tessa Mannlein (talk) 19:28, 2 February 2018 (UTC)

Employee training and education
I would consider changing the wording of the sentence "Providing a refresher training when appropriate will ensure retention of this information as well" by exchanging out the word "ensure" with "support". Using "ensure" introduces a bias claim. (Chad.bailey (talk) 19:35, 2 February 2018 (UTC))

Equipment and Administrative Controls
The equipment and administrative controls section appeared to be written persuasively rather than in a non-biased manner. The section alluded to the hierarchy of noise control, but did not go into how engineering and administrative controls fell within that hierarchy. Klafreniere (talk) 20:31, 7 February 2018 (UTC)

Sound Survey
Within this section of the article, I would like to add that if a noise screening results in thresholds greater than 80 dBA, then noise sampling will need to occur. Tculbertson2 (talk) 16:59, 9 February 2018 (UTC)