This reference for hearing conservation professionals covers noise-related issues within the workplace and the community. Eighteen contributions from researchers and audiologists are organized into sections on the fundamentals of sound, vibration, and hearing; elements of a hearing conservation program (HCP); noise interference and annoyance; and regulations, standards, and laws. A sampling of topics includes the anatomy and physiology of the ear, hearing protection devices, audiometric monitoring phase of the HCP, room noise criteria, and workers' compensation.

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Section I : Fundamentals of sound, vibration, and hearing -- Noise control and hearing conservation : why do it? -- Physics of sound and vibration -- Sound measurement : instrumentation and noise descriptors -- Anatomy and physiology of the ear : normal and damaged hearing -- Auditory and nonauditory effects of noise -- Section II : Elements of a hearing conservation program -- Program overview and administration -- Noise surveys and data analysis -- Education and motivation -- Noise control engineering -- Hearing protection devices -- Audiometric monitoring phase of the HCP -- Evaluating hearing conservation program effectiveness -- Section III : Noise interference and annoyance -- Room noise criteria -- Speech communication and signal detection in noise -- Community noise -- Section IV : Regulations, standards, and laws -- Standards and regulations -- Prediction and analysis of the hearing characteristics of noise-exposed populations or individuals -- Workers' compensation.