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| What are some factors that affect the degree of NIHL? |
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• listener’s age
• intensity, type of noise (i.e., consistency and frequency spectrum),
• duration of noise
• number of noise exposures,
• noisy environment characteristics
• physical position relative to the noise source
• individual susceptibility (including genetics)
• chemical exposures
• listener’s general health |
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The Need of Hearing Conservation in Educational Settings:
-Risk of NIHL in children may be ___
-Niskar et al. (2001) estimated ___% of children age 6-19 yrs have NIHL in one or both ears
-Blair et al. estimated __% of school-aged children have NIHL;
reported ___% of 3rd-graders exposed to hazardous noise (n = 273)
-NIHL in children may ___ age-related hearing loss later
-It is critical to promote ___ ___ behaviors in young adults at work or in college |
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| increasing; 12.5; 1; 97; accelerate; healthy listening |
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| A study found that more than ___% reported TTS, ear pain, tinnitus; Overall reported ___ attitudes about noise |
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College Students & Music:
-Results of survey: most wore MP3 players for less than __ hours per day at ___ volume levels |
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-American Society of Testing and Materials standard: SPL from toys should not exceed ___ dB at ___ cm from toy’s surface
-Problem: 50 cm is longer than typical length of an ___ ___ |
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Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA):
-requires audiologists to develop & administer programs to prevent ___ ___; and ___ children, parents, & teachers about hearing loss
-the only ___ education regulation that mandates hearing-loss prevention in schools |
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| hearing loss; guide; federal |
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Acoustical Guideline for Classroom (ANSI, 2010):
-Specifies ___ dBA & ___ dBC as the maximum 1-hr averaged
background noise level in unoccupied and furnished spaces (for vol. < 20,000 cubic feet)
-Specifies ___ dBA & ___ dBC (for vol.> 20,000 cubic feet)
-Specifies max. ___ times
-Includes guidelines for ___; applicable for noise controls |
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| 35; 55; 40; 60; reverberation; design |
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| What are some noise hazards in school? |
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| Shop, band, agriculture education, PE classes, sporting events, dances, the hallway, etc. |
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Ideas that Support HCPs in Schools:
-Increase teachers’ ___ about NIHL
-___ & consult with teachers about HLPP curricula (health, science, math: or teachers in shop, band, etc.)
-Complete ___ surveys
-Recommend, select, & fit ___ for teachers and students
-Facilitate noise controls: ___ ___ of classrooms, “Buy Quiet” purchasing policies, identify contractors who can recommend ___ to equipment
-___ hearing testing program; target early identification of NIHL, provide on-going ___ |
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-awareness
-Inform
-noise
-HPDs
-acoustic treatment; modifications
-Manage; monitoring |
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Adolescents & NIHL:
-Prevalence of hearing loss in US adolescents has ___
-NHANES III: ___% had audiometric evidence of NIHL, Third
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES II)
done ‘88 –’94
-NHANES 2005-06: ___-___% had “any high-frequency HL |
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HCP for Teenagers:
-Detect hearing problems ___
– Raise ___ about effects of noise
– Devise ____ methods |
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| early; awareness; follow-up |
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Overview of HCP for Teenagers:
-What should the hearing study include?
-What should the psychosocial study include?
-What should the acoustic study include? |
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-Questionnaire, otoscopy, immittance, audiogram (including ultra-high frequencies) OAEs
-Questionnaire about activities (out of school), surveyed attitudes about loud music, and completed personality tests
-Measured noise levels in recreational activities |
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General Recommendations for Use of Personal Listening Devices (PLDs):
-Use the “80-90 rule”: Ok to listen ___ min/day @ ___% of max volume. If listening to higher levels, ___ time. If listening to lower levels, ok to ___ time.
-Be aware of ___. It’s more difficult to hear safety ___
-If listening to music in noisy places, use earphones that ___ noise. ___ earphones decrease ambient noise levels in EAC so do not have to increase VC setting |
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| 90; 80; decrease; increase; environment; warnings; block; Isolating |
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