Otology and industrial hearing conservation.
The Occupational Safety and Health Act is establishing limits for industrial noise exposure. The Act may also require physicians to evaluate audiograms and examine almost two million employees annually. Otolaryngologists must take special training and become certified to provide American industry with expertise in industrial hearing conservation.
D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D006317:Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D009622:Noise; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009787:Occupational Medicine; D010036:Otolaryngology / Q000193:education*; D014481:United States