Ad Hoc Committee on Occupational and Environmental Hearing Conservation
Guidelines on the audiologist's role in occupational and environmental hearing conservation. Ad Hoc Committee on Occupational and Environmental Hearing Conservation
Abstract
This position statement is a policy of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). The document was developed by the Ad Hoc Committee on Occupational and Environmental Hearing Conservation and adopted by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Legislative Council in December 1995. Members of the Ad Hoc Committee on Occupational and Environmental Hearing Conservation include Derek Dunn, Rena H. Glaser, Theresa Schulz (chair), Andrew Stewart, Maureen E. Thompson (ex officio), and Vickie Tuten. Lawrence Higdon, ASHA vice president for professional practices in audiology, served as monitoring vice president. This position statement supersedes the 1985 position statement, "The Audiologist's Role in Occupational Hearing Conservation" (LC7-84).
Source and rights
Published by ASHA. Supplement, 1996. The guideline itself is at the source linked here.
Prognia summarises this guideline for reference and education. It is not medical advice. Always check the official guideline and current local protocols before acting on it.
At a glance
- Organisation
- Ad Hoc Committee on Occupational and Environmental Hearing Conservation
- Published
- 1996
- Applies to
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Scope
- National
- Journal
- ASHA. Supplement
- PubMed
- 8680264
- Added to Prognia
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