Hearing Loss Research at NIOSH Reviews of Research Programs of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (2006) / Chapter Skim
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. Prevention of occupational hearing loss has been part of the NIOSH research portfolio from the time the agency was established.
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STUDY CHARGE AND EVALUATION COMMITTEE In September 2004, NIOSH requested that the National Academies conduct reviews of as many as 15 NIOSH programs with respect to the impact and rel evance of their work in reducing workplace injury and illness and to identify future directions that their work might take. The Hearing Loss Research Program was selected by NIOSH as one of the first two programs to be reviewed.
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For cases where impact is difficult to measure directly, the committee reviewing the Hearing Loss Research Program may use information on intermediate outcomes to evaluate performance. The study committee was selected to include members with expertise in audiology, biological mechanisms of noise-induced hearing loss and ototoxicity, noise control engineering, occupational health and safety, hearing conservation programs, epidemiology, and program evaluation.
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In addition, a subset of the committee visited facilities used by the NIOSH Hearing Loss Research Program staff at the Pittsburgh Research Laboratory and the Robert A Taft Laboratory in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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The NIOSH Hearing Loss Research Program expanded to include activities based at the Pittsburgh Research Laboratory (PRL) and to a limited extent at the Spokane Research Laboratory (SRL)
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identified the following research needs in occupational hear ing loss: · Noise Control · Impulsive Noise · Nonauditory Effects of Noise · Auditory Effects of Ototoxic Chemical Exposures · Exposure Monitoring · Hearing Protectors · Training and Motivation · Program Evaluation · Rehabilitation Between 1998, when these goals were articulated, and 2005, the Hearing Loss Research Program sought to advance research in each area except the nonauditory effects of noise. Program staff reported to the committee that this area was not addressed because of the conflicting data in the published literature and the staff's
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NIOSH also considered that research activities directed at reducing noise exposure and its auditory effects would help prevent any nonauditory effects of exposure. During this period, the Hearing Loss Research Program was also influenced by the broader NIOSH agenda.
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Branch HEARING LOSS RESEARCH Industrywide Studies PROGRAM Division of Branch LEADERSHIP Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Manager: Studies (DSHEFS) Health Hazard Güner Gürtunca Evaluations (PRL)
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Solid lines connect units with formal administrative relationships, and dotted lines represent advisory or consultative relationships. The Hearing Loss Research Program leadership is designated by and responsible to the NIOSH director, and it acts through advisory and consultative relationships with various NIOSH units.
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. In early 2006, the Hearing Loss Research Program changed Goal 4 to "Improve Understanding of Occupational Hearing Loss Through Sur veillance and Investigation of Risk Factors." In 2006, NIOSH launched the second decade of NORA, replacing the 21 prior ity research areas established in 1996 with a sector-based approach to its research portfolio and to developing partnerships and obtaining input from stakeholders.
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As a result of the matrix nature of the Hearing Loss Research Program, the program's intramural funding level is the sum of the financial resources that the individual NIOSH organizational units decide to apply to work on hearing loss prevention or noise control activities. During the period covered by this review, the largest portion of the program's intramural funding -- 69 percent in FY 2005-has come from the Mining Safety and Health Research Program at PRL.
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This chamber is used by the Hearing Loss Research Program on a collaborative basis.
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. EVALUATION APPROACH The committee was charged with reviewing the Hearing Loss Research Program to evaluate the relevance of its work to improvements in occupational safety and health and the impact that NIOSH research has had in reducing workplace illnesses and injuries.
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Chapter 2 presents the committee's review of the NIOSH Hearing Loss Research Program and the ratings for the program's relevance and impact in re ducing workplace injury and illness. In Chapter 3, the committee reviews the Hearing Loss Research Program's mechanisms for identifying emerging issues in occupational hearing loss and noise control and identifies issues that may warrant future attention.
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2006d. NIOSH Hearing Loss Research Program: Research Staff Distribution by Organiza tional Unit.
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