Highlights
Find NIOSH tools, posters, and infographics related to occupational hearing loss. You can also find links to external resources.
What's included
See below for resources from NIOSH and other organizations related to occupational hearing loss. To find NIOSH publications and datasets, see the Scientific Publications and Data page.
Tools
Measures workplace noise to determine if the levels are damaging.
Access the NIOSH Hearing Loss Simulator (HLSim) web application.
Multimedia
Buy Quiet is an occupational health and safety initiative which encourages companies to purchase or...
Shows the prevalence of hearing loss and tinnitus among construction workers.
Muestra la prevalencia de la pérdida de audición y el tinnitus entre los trabajadores de la construc...
Compares the hearing of a 25 year-old construction worker to a 50 year-old non-noise exposed worker.
Compara la audición de un obrero de construcción de 25 años con la de un trabajador de 50 años que n...
Encourages businesses to purchase quieter equipment to protect their employees.
Anima a las empresas a comprar equipos más silenciosos para proteger a sus empleados.
Explains how repeated exposures to loud noise from equipment can lead to irreversible hearing loss.
Explica cómo las exposiciones repetidas a ruidos fuertes de equipos pueden causar pérdida de audició...
Correctly worn hearing protection can be effective but isn't the only way to protect worker hearing.
El protector auditivo bien puesto puede ser efectivo, pero no es la única forma de proteger la audic...
Related CDC/NIOSH webpages
How mothers can protect a developing baby from noise during pregnancy.
Learn about noise-induced hearing loss in the mining industry and how we are working to prevent it.
This page describes the HLP Program's research priorities, accomplishments, and future direction.
An overview of the Hearing Loss Prevention Cross-Sector Council and its members.
Federal regulations, policies, and programs
NIOSH recommends using fit-test systems to determine the attenuation of hearing protection devices.
Content Source
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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Published: May 15, 2024
Updated: October 28, 2026
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