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Revision to the 1972 Criteria for a Recommended Standard: Occupational Exposure. Includes new recommendation beyond attempting to conserve hearing by focusing on preventing occupational noise-induced hearing loss. This document also provides recommendations for the management of hearing loss prevention programs for workers whose noise exposures equal or exceed 85 dBA.
Suggested citation
NIOSH [1998]. Occupational Noise Exposure. Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH), Publication No. 1998-126.
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Please use the NIOSH science policy update: individual fit-testing recommendation for hearing protection devices which supersedes the hearing protector derating guidance in Chapter 1 (Section 1.5) and Chapter 6 of the NIOSH 1998 Criteria for a Recommended Standard – Occupational Noise Exposure above.