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• NOW HEAR THIS!
  2/19/2020 - Publications
  This web version of the NOW HEAR THIS! infographic offers tips on protecting your hearing.
• Best Practices for Annual Hearing Tests
  11/23/2019 - Non-peer reviewed journal articles
  A trade publication article that explains how companies can avoid four common pitfalls of annual audiometry testing and follow best practices.
• Inventive Methods for Evaluating the Translation of Hand-arm Vibration to the Ear Canal in Miners
  4/2/2019 - Research projects
  A project to assess whether vibration intensity can successfully be measured on heavy-duty mining equipment and the human body simultaneously using technology capable of evaluating hand-arm vibration (HAV) and its possible translation to the hearing canal.
• Evaluating Hearing Loss Risks in the Mining Industry Through MSHA Citations
  3/1/2019 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article presenting an assessment of hearing conservation program compliance, and excessive noise exposure and hearing loss risks for both coal and non-coal mining divisions through evaluating MSHA citations.
• Hearing Loss Prevention Overview
  3/13/2018 - Research areas
  Hearing Loss Prevention Overview Topic Page
• Increasing the Effectiveness of Targeted Mining Hearing Conservation Program Elements
  2/28/2018 - Research projects
  A project to identify and remediate actual and perceived barriers to full implementation of hearing conservation programs at surface stone, sand, and gravel mines.
• NIOSH Hearing Loss Prevention Unit is at CONEXPO-CON/AGG
  3/6/2017 - Calls for participation
  NIOSH Mining's Hearing Loss Prevention Unit is offering free hearing tests at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2017 in Las Vegas!
• Reduction of Noise Exposure in Underground Mines by Improving Auxiliary Ventilation Technologies
  11/28/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to develop ventilation technologies to reduce noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) in the mining industry.
• Evaluation and Development of Hearing Loss Interventions
  10/22/2016 - Research projects
  A project to improve the effectiveness of hearing loss prevention interventions through development, refinement, promotion, and long-term evaluation.
• Engineering Noise Controls for Longwall Mining Systems
  10/22/2016 - Research projects
  A project to develop durable noise controls that reduce the noise exposure of longwall mining system crews and facilitate the commercialization of the controls to make them available for all miners.