Case Study

AIHA Hosts Hearing Conservation Metrics TeleWeb

Fairfax, VA - The American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) will host "Hearing Conservation Metrics: Measuring Effectiveness," an intermediate TeleWeb Virtual Seminar, on November 8, 2007, from 2–4:30 p.m. ET. While the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) require an "effective, on-going" hearing conservation program for noise-exposed workers, no definition of effectiveness is provided. During this TeleWeb, presenters from a range of industries will share the approaches and metrics they use to assess the effectiveness of their hearing conservation programs.

Featured speakers include Lee Hager, hearing loss prevention consultant with Sonomax Hearing Healthcare and Aearo Technologies; Joseph Cissna, CIH, industrial hygienist for Portland General Electric; Christina Dixon-Ernst, CIH, senior staff industrial hygienist and audiologist for Alcoa; and Neil Barone, CIH, MPH, industrial hygiene group leader at ExxonMobil Biomedical Sciences.

Presentations will include information on the following:

  • Introduction to hearing conservation metrics
  • Case Study, "Measuring Effectiveness of an HCP in an Electric Utility"
  • Case Study, "Alcoa Hearing Conservation Metrics"
  • Case Study, "Hearing Conservation Evaluation Measures in ExxonMobil"

Attendees will learn to:

  • Use data generated by their hearing conservation programs to assess program effectiveness
  • Apply quantitative metrics to aid in program evaluation
  • Objectively assess hearing conservation program performance

TeleWeb Virtual Seminars deliver cutting-edge educational content live via the Internet and telephone from the convenience of an attendee's home or office; multiple attendees can participate for the cost of a single registration. Since TeleWebs debuted in 2000, nearly 12,000 individuals have used this convenient and cost-effective format to further their education and careers.

Participants need Internet access and a telephone, or just a phone, to be part of these live educational events. In addition, an archive copy of the TeleWeb will be available on CD for purchase.

To register for "Hearing Conservation Metrics: Measuring Effectiveness," please call toll free at (800) 651-7916, or register online at http://www.aiha.org/Content/CE/DL/HearingConservationTeleWeb.htm. Every site registered will receive materials prepared by the course presenter, which may be duplicated for each participant.

Please contact Stacey Talbot, AIHA's program manager for distance learning, at (703) 846-0749 or stalbot@aiha.org, with questions regarding TeleWeb Virtual Seminars or AIHA's Distance Learning Program. For more information, including system requirements, please visit http://www.aiha.org/TeleWeb.htm.

SOURCE: American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA)