OCCUPATIONAL HEARING LOSS (OHL) SURVEILLANCE

Publications

Peer-reviewed Publications

• Hearing Impairment Among Noise-Exposed Workers — United States, 2003–2012
  Masterson-EA; Bushnell-PT; Themann-CL; Morata-TC
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 2016; 65(15): 389-394
• Hearing difficulty and tinnitus among workers and non-workers in 2007
  http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajim.22565/abstract
  Masterson-EA; Themann-CL; Luckhaupt-SE; Li-J; Calvert-GM
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine; 59: 290-300
• Trends in worker hearing loss by industry sector, 1981-2010
  http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajim.22429/abstract
  Masterson-EA; Deddens-JA; Themann-CL; Bertke-S; Calvert-GM
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine 2015; 58: 392-401
• Do hearing protectors protect hearing?
  http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajim.22323/abstract
  Groenewold-MR; Masterson-EA; Themann-CL; Davis-RR
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine 2014; 57: 1001-1010
• Prevalence of workers with shifts in hearing by industry: A comparison of OSHA and NIOSH hearing shift criteria
  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4535326/
  Masterson-EA; Sweeney-MH; Deddens-JA; Themann-CL; Wall-DA
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2014; 56(4): 446-455
• Prevalence of hearing loss in the United States by industry
  http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajim.22082/abstract
  Masterson-EA; Tak-S; Themann-CL; Wall-DK; Groenewold-MR; Deddens-JA; Calvert-GM
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine 2013; 56: 670-681
• Severe hearing impairment among military veterans – United States, 2010
  https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6028a4.htm?s_cid=mm6028a4_w
  Groenewold-MR; Tak-S; Masterson-EA
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 2011; 60(28): 955-958
  Journal of the American Medical Association 2011; 306(11): 1192-1194 (reprint)
• Exposure to hazardous workplace noise and use of hearing protection devices among US workers – NHANES, 1999-2004
  http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajim.20690/abstract
  Tak-S; Davis-RR; Calvert-GM
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine 2009; 52(5): 358-371
• Hearing difficulty attributable to employment by industry and occupation: An analysis of the National Health Interview Survey – United States, 1997 to 2003
  http://journals.lww.com/joem/Abstract/2008/01000/ Hearing_Difficulty_Attributable_to_Employment_by.13.aspx
  Tak-S; Calvert-GM
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2008; 50(1): 46-56

Newsletter Articles

• Trends in Worker Hearing Loss within the Manufacturing Sector, 1981-2010
  http://www.caohc.org/updatearticles/spring2015.pdf
  Masterson-EA
  CAOHC Update 2015; 27(1): 8-10
• Patterns of quality in audiometric data for US workers
  http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.hearingconservation.org/resource/resmgr
  /SpectrumSpring2013.pdf
  Masterson-EA
  Spectrum 2013; 30(1): 18-19
• NIOSH announces first results from Occupational Hearing Loss Surveillance Project
  http://www.caohc.org/updatearticles/fall2012/first-results.php
  Masterson-EA
  CAOHC Update Fall 2012; 24(2): 1, 4

Feature

• New!  Worker Hearing Loss
  Masterson-EA; Sweeney-MH; Mobley-A
  CDC Feature 2017; July 11

Blogs

• Measuring the impact of hearing loss on quality of life
  Masterson-EA
  NIOSH Science Blog 2016; April 27
• A story of Impact….
  http://blogs.cdc.gov/niosh-science-blog/2015/03/25/hl-impact-story/
  Masterson-EA
  NIOSH Science Blog 2015; March 25
• Collecting data on worker hearing loss: Epidemiology in action
  http://blogs.cdc.gov/niosh-science-blog/2014/12/03/epi-hl/
  Masterson-EA
  NIOSH Science Blog 2014; December 3

Fact Sheet

• Occupational Hearing Loss Surveillance Project fact sheet
  https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2013-130/
  Masterson-EA; McCleery-TZ
  DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2013-130