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Professional Associations
National Hearing Conservation Association (NHCA)
President, 1999-2000
Duties including:
Steering Committee, 1998-2004
Publications Chair and Spectrum newsletter Editor, 1997-1999; Publication Committee 1997-2003
Public Relations Chair, 1995-1997
American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) Noise Committee
Member since 1994
Chair 2002, Committee received AIHA Outstanding Committee Award 2002
Vice-Chair, 1997-1998, 2000-2001
Secretary, 1995-1997
Technical Session Arranger 1996-2003 (see below)
Other Professional Committees
National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety (NIOSH) National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) Hearing Loss Prevention Team
Wise Ears! National Public Health Awareness Campaign to prevent noise-induced hearing loss, Steering Committee member
Presentations
Organize, arrange, and present technical sessions at major conferences on hearing loss prevention issues, including American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exhibition (1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003) and National Hearing Conservation Association conferences (1993, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002).
Received AIHA Noise Committee Outstanding Lecture Award for 2003 presentation
Organized and chaired Best Practices in Hearing Loss Prevention symposium October 1999 with Wayne State University (proceedings available as NIOSH Publication 2001-157).
Participate in agenda-setting meetings in the field of hearing loss prevention, including:
NIOSH Workplace Controls Workshop (Chicago, IL, March, 1998)
NIOSH Best Practices for Combined Exposures (Cincinnati, OH, April 2002)
NIDCD/NIOSH/ NIEHS Communication Planning Meeting (Washington, DC, November 1998), which laid the groundwork for the Wise Ears! Public Health Awareness campaign to prevent noise-induced hearing loss
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Workshop on Hearing Protector Devices (Washington, DC, March 2003), which started the process of revising hearing protector evaluation and labeling regulations
Organize, present and participate in related professional organization conferences and sessions. Partial list includes:
* Michigan Safety Conference Lansing, MI April 1998
* National Industrial Noise and Hearing Loss Consensus Meeting Washington, DC June 2000
* Michigan Speech-Language-Hearing Association Short Course in Hearing Conservation Detroit, MI March 2001
* Western Michigan Industrial Hygiene Society Grand Rapids, MI October 1998 and December 2002
* Practical Solutions in Hearing Conservation with Gulf Coast AIHA Local Section Houston, TX September 2001
* Michigan Industrial Hygiene Society Detroit, MI October 2001
Professional Conference on Industrial Hygiene Tampa, FL October 2001
* Michigan Aggregates Association MSHA Noise Rule Training Michigan January 2002
* Excellence in Hearing Conservation with Lehigh Valley AIHA Local Section Bethlehem, PA April 2002
* Best Practices in Hearing Conservation for Pacific Northwest AIHA Local Section Portland, OR January 2003
* Deep South AIHA Local Section Louisiana October 2003
* Florida AIHA Local Section St. Petersburg, FL October 2003
* State of the Art Concepts in Noise and Hearing Loss Seattle, WA October 2003
* Black Swamp Safety Council Archibold, OH November 2003
* Northern Indiana ASSE Ft. Wayne, IN November 2003
* Stateline ASSE Rockford, IL September 2003
* Western New York AIHA Local Section Buffalo, NY December 2003
Present accredited professional development courses for AIHA, NHCA and UAW-GM Joint Health and Safety Training Conference
AIHA course ranked fourth by attendees in June 2002 and tenth May 2003.
Participated in development and delivery of web-based training with AIHA, 2003
Publications
Sound Exposure Profiling: A Noise Monitoring Alternative, AIHA Journal Vol. 59, No. 6, June 1998 (peer reviewed).
Essential Resources for Industrial Hygiene, AIHA Press, 2000
Chapter 14, Noise and Hearing Conservation, contributing editor
Industrial Safety & Hygiene News
Prevent Hearing Loss , November 1998
Protecting Workers from Hearing Loss, February 2001
The Trouble with Hearing Protectors, March 2003
Evaluating Hearing Protectors, April 2004
Compliance Magazine
Editorial Advisory Board
Noise Induced Hearing Loss, July 1998
Noise Revisited, Feb. 1999
Hearing Conservation: More Than Earplugs and Hearing Tests, January 2001
New Perspectives on Hearing Loss Prevention, January 2002
Fit for Protection, January 2004
Occupational Health & Safety
Have You Heard?, March 1999
Hearing Loss Prevention Regulation, March 2003
NRR = Not Really Relevant? , September 2003
Audiology Online and HealthyHearing.com
Hearing Conservation: Is Compliance Effective? , January 2001
Hearing Conservation: The Standards, May 2001
Hearing Protection: Prevention is the Answer, November 2002
Hearing Protector Evaluation and Performance Ratings: The Good, the Bad and the EPA, March 2004
Safe Workplace
Quieting the Workplace, October 1999
Synergist, publication of the American Industrial Hygiene Association
Noise, Hearing and Industrial Accidents (conference session review), June/July 2001
Benchmark Your Hearing Conservation Program, 2003
Actionline, publication of the Automotive Industry Action Group
No New Noise, May 2002
Spectrum, publication of the National Hearing Conservation Association
EPA Starts NRR Revision Process, July 2003
Advance for Audiologists
Encouraging Compliance, Nov/Dec. 2003
Hearing Health
A Quieter Future for American Workers? , Fall 2003 |
