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NHCA Meets in Albuquerque
Legislative Update, Social Marketing Workshop, and More
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The recent annual conference of the
National Hearing Conservation Association, held February 19-21 in Albuquerque, showcased
new developments in the world of hearing loss prevention and hearing health.
The Conference opened on Thursday with a series of workshops designed to bring
participants up to speed on the latest developments in hearing loss prevention.
Workshops Provide Training
Richard R. James of JAA conducted a workshop on Marketing Hearing |
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ing the Noise Exposure Input Data for
ANSI S3.44, with Larry and Julia Royster,
which brought participants up to speed on how to use this important ANSI standard.
The standard is intended to provide a model for estimating the effect of noise on hearing,
and it has been used extensively in hearing loss litigation. Carmen Taylor presented
a workshop on Audiologists as Knowledgeable Informants in the Area of Noise,
teaching participants with case studies on how the expertise of the audiologist can be
perceived, portrayed, and used in court cases.
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come share their perceptions about hearing
loss prevention and how programs function in the real world.
An extensive poster session was part of the Conference as well, with numerous posters
presenting new research and approaches to hearing loss prevention.
NHCA plans their 1999 meeting for February 18-20 in Atlanta, Georgia. Contact NHCA
at 303-224-9022, fax 303-770-1812, or email nhca@gwami.com for upcoming conference
information.
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Conservation Programs, which featured an overview of the societal pressures
necessary to effectively promote hearing health and hearing loss preven |
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Platform Presentations: Legislative Update and
Research Presentations
The Conference proper started on Friday, with platform presentations and forums on new
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For more information, please contact
National Hearing
Conservation Association
9101 E. Kenyon Ave.
Suite 3000
Denver, CO 80237
303-224-9022
fax 303-770-1812
email nhca@gwami.com
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Lee Hager, Vice President of Technical
Services for JAA, was recently named President-Elect of the National Hearing Conservation
Association.
Hager's term includes a three year commitment to NHCA, with one year each as
President-Elect; President; and Immediate Past-President.
"It's exciting to be in this role at the beginning of a new century," said
Hager. "NHCA is positioned very well to be a driving force in the
re-invigoration of hearing health and hearing loss prevention issues, both in terms of
regulation and social marketing."
NHCA is the only professional association in the country dedicated exclusively to the
prevention of hearing loss due to noise and other environmental factors in all sectors of
society. For membership information, please contact NHCA.
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tion both to internal and external
"customers".
Carol Merry and Mark Stephenson of NIOSH reprised their successful workshop from 1997 with
new information on Case Studies on
Education and Motivation for Hearing Loss Prevention. They used new social
marketing approaches and materials to help workshop attendees learn to better frame the
hearing loss prevention message to exposed workers.
Other workshops included Develop |
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opments and research in hearing loss
prevention. Highlights included presentations on speech perception and communication
in noise; current regulatory and legislative issues dealing with noise and hearing;
"hearing-critical" jobs and auditory ability requirements; and hearing
protection effectiveness issues.
The Saturday forum was particularly interesting. "End-users", or
supervisors and safety personnel charged with implementing hearing conservation programs,
were solicited from the Albuquerque area to |
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