title: Hearing conservation: implementing and evaluating a program.
abstract: 1. More than eight million workers in the United States are affected by some noise-induced hearing loss. Noise pollution is a significant health hazard in the workplace today. 2. Occupational health nurses are in a key position to make tremendous contributions to the effectiveness of a hearing conservation program. 3. Cooperative efforts between management and labor are needed to prevent noise-induced hearing loss. 4. A hearing conservation program is an effective instrument for preventing noise-induced occupational hearing loss, complying with governmental regulation, and controlling a company's compensation cost.
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Harrison
mesh_terms: D001299:Audiometry; D004430:Ear Protective Devices; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D006317:Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009785:Occupational Health Nursing