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• Noise and Hearing Protection: Development of Two Training Exercises for Drillers
  11/1/2007 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This article reviews the development and evaluation of two training exercises developed to inform drillers about noise, hearing loss and proper use of hearing protection, and discusses their use and availability.
• Development and Evaluation of a Urethane Jacketed Tail Roller for Continuous Mining Machines
  11/1/2007 - Conference papers
  This paper details laboratory noise testing results of a continuous mining machine conveyor system which uses a coating for the tail roller designed to help bring the continuous mining machine into compliance with federal noise regulations.
• Inquiring Ears Want to Know: A Fact Sheet about Your Hearing Test
  11/1/2007 - Brochures/flyers/pamphlets
  This sheet explains your audiogram (hearing test) and gives some basic information about protecting your hearing.
• Determining Underground Roof Bolting Machine Operators Noise Exposure Using Laboratory Results
  10/1/2007 - Conference papers
  This paper provides a method for predicting sound pressure levels at the operator’s position of a roof bolting machine in an underground coal mine using sound power levels determined in the laboratory.
• Application of a Microphone Phased Array to Identify Noise Sources on a Roof Bolting Machine
  10/1/2007 - Conference papers
  This paper discusses the methods NIOSH used to identify noise sources on a roof bolting machine while drilling.
• Contemporary Technology for Hearing Conservation Audiometric Monitoring
  9/1/2007 - Non-peer reviewed journal articles
  The purpose of this article is to help identify some criteria of features currently available in audiometric equipment and audiometric database management software.
• Reducing Noise-Induced Hearing Loss in Longwall Coal Mine Workers: NIOSH's Approach
  6/1/2007 - Conference papers
  This paper presents an overview of ongoing studies, a progress report of results, and the implications for reducing worker noise exposures and preventing noise-induced hearing loss in longwall mining workers.
• Underground Evaluation of Coated Flight Bars for a Continuous Mining Machine
  12/1/2006 - Conference papers
  A highly durable polyurethane coating has been developed for chain flights to decrease noise from metal-on-metal impacts. This paper evaluates this engineering noise control in reducing the noise exposure of continuous mining machine operators.
• Summary of Longwall and Continuous Miner Section Noise Studies in Underground Coal Mines
  11/1/2006 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This report summarizes the results of noise surveys, consisting of full-shift worker noise exposure, time-motion studies, and equipment noise profiling for longwall and continuous miner sections in six underground coal mines.
• Limestone Mining: Is It Noisy or Not?
  10/1/2006 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This article describes noise research conducted in limestone mines, detailing the equipment likely to cause worker overexposures, the occupations experiencing overexposures, and the implications for worker noise exposure reduction.