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NHCA LEADERSHIP

                                        2020-2021 Executive Council
                                        President: Theresa Schulz                               Member Delegate: Elizabeth Masterson                Copyright 2021 by the National Hearing Conservation Association. All rights
                                        President Elect: Gayla Poling                           Member Delegate: Bankole Fasanya                    reserved. No part of the publication may be reproduced or utilized in any
                                        Immediate Past President: Amy Blank                     PSP Member Delegate: Teah Richey                    form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying,
                                        Secretary/Treasurer: Theresa Small                      Commercial Member Delegate: Heather Malyuk
                                                                                                                                                    recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without
                                        Director of Communication: Pegeen Smith                 Associate Member Delegate: David Stern
                                        Director of Education: Vishakha Rawool                  Student Member Delegate: Christina Campbell         permission in writing of the publisher. ISSN 1083-7388.
                                        Director of Marketing & Public Relations: Kathy Gates   Historian: Elliott Berger
                                        Director of Membership: Don Finan                       Executive Director: Kim Gill                        Spectrum is a publication of the National Hearing Conservation Association
                                                                                                                                                    (NHCA), P.O. Box 3406, Englewood, Colorado 80155 which is published
                                                                                                                                                    3 times yearly around April, July and October. A Spectrum Supplement is
                                        2021 Program Committee                                                                                      provided prior to each year’s Annual NHCA Conference. The information
                                        Chair: Lynnette Bardolf                                 Foundation President: James Jerome
                                        Committee Members: John Allen,                          Director of Marketing: Kathy Gates                  contained herein is designed to promote action and discussion among
                                        Heather Malyuk, Kichol Lee, Madi Monlezun               President: Theresa Schulz                           members. The information has been obtained from sources believed
                                        AV Coordinator: Caleb Kronen                            President Elect: Gayla Poling                       reliable, and the editors have exercised reasonable care to assure its
                                        Director of Education: Vishakha Rawool                  Past President: Amy Blank                           accuracy. However, the NHCA does not guarantee that the contents of this
                                        CEU Task Force Chair: Sridhar Krishnamurti              CIVICA Staff – Exec Director: Kim Gill              publication are correct and statements published do not necessarily reflect
                                        Historian: Elliott Berger                               CIVICA Staff – Conf Coordinator: Dani Korth
                                                                                                                                                    the opinion or official position of the NHCA.

                                        Leadership Advisory Team                                                                                    Spectrum is available without charge to NHCA members in all categories.
                                        Amy Blank - Chair                                       Vickie Tuten                                        Anyone interested in publishing in Spectrum should contact Kim Gill at
                                        Colleen LePrell                                         Elliott Berger - Ex Officio                         the NHCA office.
                                        James Jerome                                            Kim Gill - Executive Director
                                        Jennifer Tufts

                                        Editorial Staff
                                                                                                                                                                  NHCA Vision:
                                        Nancy Wojcik - Chief Editor                             Laurie Wells - Reviewer                             To prevent hearing loss and other auditory
                                        Elliott Berger - Technical Editor
                                        Mary McDaniel - Reviewer
                                                                                                Deanene Hightower - Reviewer
                                                                                                Susan Cooper - Reviewer
                                                                                                                                                      disorders due to noise and secondary
                                                                                                                                                       environmental factors in all sectors
                                        E-Newsletter Editorial Staff                                                                                                of society.
                                        Susan Cooper - Editor                                   Elliott Berger

                                        Task Forces                                                                                                               NHCA Mission:
                                        Conference CEU: Sridhar Krishnamurti
                                        IJA Supplement: Colleen Le Prell
                                                                                                Prevention of NIHL from Firearms: Michael Stewart
                                                                                                Program Chair: Lynnette Bardolf
                                                                                                                                                       NHCA provides leadership, expertise,
                                        Marketing: Kathy Gates                                  Program Chair-Elect: Madi (Saunders) Monzelun       and education on hearing loss prevention
                                        Material Content Review: Cory Portnuff
                                        Music-Induced Hearing Disorders: Michael Santucci
                                                                                                Social Media: John Byram
                                                                                                Webinars: Vickie Tuten                                strategies and services to the broader
                                        Nominations: Gayla Poling                               Website Content Management: Elliott Berger           professional community and empowers
                                                                                                                                                         and supports members through
                                        Liasons
                                        American Academy of Audiology (AAA): Richard Danielson                                                              networking and advocacy.
                                        American Association of Occupational Health Nurses (AAOHN): Marjorie McCullagh
                                        American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM): Bruce Kirchner
                                        American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA): Laurel Davis
                                        Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO): Colleen Le Prell
                                        American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA): Christa Themann
                                        American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE): Robert Anderson
                                        Audiology Quality Consortium (AQC): Sharon Beamer
                                        Council for Accreditation in Occupation Hearing Conservation (CAOHC): Pamela DuPont
                                        Dangerous Decibels: Deanna Meinke
                                        Hearing Center of Excellence (HCE): Kathy Gates
                                        Institute of Noise Control Engineering of the USA (INCE/USA): Jeffrey Komrower
                                        International Ototoxicity Management Guideline Working Group (IOMG): Thais Morata
                                        Military Audiology Association (MAA): Amy Blank
                                        National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH): Elizabeth Masterson
                                        Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA): William Murphy
                                        Public Inquiry Response: Laura Kauth
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                                        Safe in Sound: Thais Morata
                                                                                                                                                                     Association
                                        Representatives to Standards Groups                                                                                               P.O. Box 3406
                                        American National Standards Institute (ANSI S3): Eric Fallon, Richard Danielson (alternate)
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                                                                                                                                                                      Englewood, CO 80155
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                                        NHCA Scholarship Foundation Leadership
                                        President: James Jerome                                 Director: Tim Swisher                                           nhcaoffice@hearingconservation.org
                                        President Elect: Lynnette Bardolf                       Director: Jennifer Tufts
                                        Secretary: Susan Cooper                                 Student Delegate: Brandy Hollins                                    www.hearingconservation.org
                                        Treasurer: Robert Ghent

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 NHCA Leadership .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 2                         Student Award Winners .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 16
 President's Welcome  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 4                                NHCA Media Award .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 18
 Program Chair's Welcome  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 5                                           Live Sessions Abstracts .  .  .  . 19-20
 2021 Schedule of Events  .  .  .  .  . 6-7                                               On-Demand
                                                                                          Sessions Abstracts .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 21-27
 List of On-Demand
 Sessions  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 8       On-Demand
                                                                                          ePoster Abstracts .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 28-29
 List of On-Demand ePosters .  .  .  .  . 9
                                                                                          Presenter Biographies .  .  .  .  .  . 30-37
 How to Attend the NHCA
 Virtual Conference  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 10-11                                      Conflict of Interest  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 38
 2021 Annual Sponsors .  .  .  .  .  . 12-13                                              CEU Information .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 39-40
 Safe-in-Sound Award™ .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 14                                           2022 NHCA Conference .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 41

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PRESIDENT'S WELCOME

                                                                            The Presidents Message in the NHCA Conference Supplement traditionally begins
                                                                            with welcome to destination and facts about the locale. So here we go…

                                                                            Welcome to Virtual NHCA Conference, airport code VNC. Actually, that code is
                                                                            already taken by Venice, FL Municipal Airport so it’s okay to virtually transport your-
                                                                            selves there. Or you could use the airport codes listed below or make up your own!

                                                                                  Virtual Airport Codes
                                                                                  LVG     living room                      OFC      office
                                                                                  DNR     dining room                      WNC      wine cellar
                                                                                  BKY     back yard                        FRY      front yard
                                                                                  PAT     patio                            DRV      driveway
                                                                                  MBR     master bed room                  FRP      front porch

                                        I hope your virtual travel is pleasant!

                                        I’d like to recognize and thank the Program Task Force (see page 2). And a special thank you to Lynnette Bardolf who
                                        both stepped in early as Program Chair AND agreed to serve in the role for next year (until the 2022 conference).
                                        Thanks also to Dee Hightower for getting us off to a running start with this year’s conference.

                                        Thanks to our Annual Sponsors, TSI Inc., Starkey, ASHA, Benson Medical Devices, Moldex-Metric, Inc., NIDCD –
                                        National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, SHOEBOX Ltd., Tremetrics.

                                        We have combined conference sponsorship with commercial membership to create more value and greater interac-
                                        tion between our sponsor organizations and NHCA members.

                                        As you can tell by the variety of airport codes that we can use, this year’s conference offers more flexibility than
                                        ever! The virtual conference allows flexibility to attend by blocking off 2 ½ days (don’t forget our Thursday after-
                                        noon roundtables and Thursday evening happy hour) OR to attend part of each day OR to consume all content on-
                                        demand. Whatever works for you!

                                        Please see pages 8-9 of this Supplement for more info on how to attend.

                                        Whichever virtual airport you land at, you’ll find your fellow NHCAers and lots of first-time attendees there to
                                        welcome you!

                                                                                                                                   Theresa Schulz
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PROGRAM CHAIR'S WELCOME

Hi Everyone!

I am Dr. Lynnette Bardolf, and I am this year’s Program Chair for the first (and hope-
fully only) 2021 NHCA Virtual Conference. The Conference is being held right in the
comfort of your own homes this year! We are very excited about this year’s Virtual
Conference, and what NHCA has to offer the Conference attendees. Even though
this year’s Conference will be quite unusual compared to what we have been used
to in the past, we are still coming together virtually, via Crowdcast and Zoom, and
doing our part to help everyone stay healthy this year. And with that, we plan to do
our best to make this Virtual Conference a rewarding experience for all.

To kick things off starting Thursday afternoon (since we aren’t having workshops
this year), we have several interactive “hot topic-Zoom rooms” planned, each last-
ing 20 mins each. These will give attendees the opportunity to engage with others
in relevant topics that are current in the world of Hearing Conservation. And the best part about the Zoom rooms is
that you will be able to attend any, or all, that you wish to attend on Thursday afternoon.

Following the interactive Zoom rooms will be a Thursday evening “Meet and Greet,” which is a “happy-hour” social
event (note: as you have probably suspected, you will need to provide your favorite beverage). The Thursday evening
meet and greet will allow Conference attendees to engage with others who will be attending the Conference, as well
as to meet the students who are attending the Conference this year. Other social events and happy hours will also be
made available during the conference.

Not only are we going to have some great live session lectures by several of our NHCA favorites, but we also have
great breakout session lectures planned, and a Gasaway lecture brought to us this year by the one and only Don
Finan. In addition, we will be wrapping up the conference on Saturday with the ability to earn additional CEUs by inter-
acting with the poster presenters as well, and with a Ted Talk. The Ted Talk is called “The Birth of a Word,” by Deb Roy
and will include a moderated discussion time for interaction after the talk.

During this Conference, we have planned for you a fun Vendor event on Saturday, which will feature some trivia! Who
doesn’t like a little trivia?

So, get comfy, put on your slippers and your patience, and enjoy the Conference this year. And even though we can’t
do the things we would normally do together at an NHCA Conference in person this year, we can still have some
Crowdcast and “Zoom-time” fun together, to make this the best virtual experience ever – and at a fraction of the cost!

Those of us on the NHCA Program Task Force Committee and on the Executive Council have all worked hard to make
this Conference engaging for all, despite the challenges of COVID-19, and it being virtual. With this in mind, we would
all like to thank you in advance for your support and we hope that everyone enjoys their Virtual Conference experi-
ence this year! And as you attend the Conference this year, please keep in mind that these are new waters we are all
traversing together for the first time! So, let’s all hop in the boat together, grab your paddles, and let’s navigate these
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Virtual Conference rapids together for a successful 2021 NHCA Virtual Conference!

                                                                                         Lynnette Bardolf
                                                                                                      Program Chair

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2021 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

                                                                        Thursday • February 25 • 2021
                                         2:00pm – 5:20pm               Hot Topic Roundtables
                                                                       Licensing and Ethics Issues in Hearing Conservation
                                                                       Moderated By: John Allen
                                                        2:00pm COVID has also highlighted the demand for telehealth, remote, and mobile health services, to include hearing conserva-
                                                                       tion. Issues surrounding licensing, working across state lines, and ethical challenges now, and as we go forward, will be
                                                                       the topics of this roundtable. Please come with your experiences, knowledge, and questions and let’s talk about this.

                                                                       Military Issues in Hearing Conservation
                                                                       Moderated By: Amy Blank
                                                        2:30pm Whether a member of the military, a DoD civilian working in hearing conservation, or just curious, in this session partic-
                                                                       ipants will delve into what it means to be a hearing conservationist in the US military, Come discuss the complexities of
                                                                       managing large DoD hearing conservation programs. Please come with your knowledge, your questions, your curiosity,
                                                                       and your enthusiasm.

                                                                       COVID-19 Issues in Hearing Conservation
                                                                       Moderated By: Theresa Schulz and Andy Merkely
                                                        3:00pm The current pandemic has impacted our lives in many ways. That impact has been keenly felt in the way we administer
                                                                       hearing conservation programs. Join us for this roundtable to learn from one another how we have adapted to this situa-
                                                                       tion, from scheduling, to PPE, to sterilization of facilities and more.

                                                               PSP Hot Topics
                                                        3:30pm Moderated By: Teah Richey
                                                                       This session is meant for sharing the hot topics in the area of Professional Service Providers. Come prepared to discuss
                                                                       those issues you and others find are of most importance today and in the future.

                                                                       Occupational and Industrial Hearing Conservation
                                                                       Moderated By: Jim Jerome
                                                        4:00pm If you have extensive background or just want to learn about this challenging and rewarding field of hearing conservation,
                                                                       come and share challenges, frustrations, solutions and successes! Come with questions and learn from each other. You
                                                                       will be sure to leave with new tools to use and resources you can tap.

                                                                       Careers in Hearing Conservation
                                                                       Moderated By: Jim Jerome and Madi Monlezun
                                                        4:30pm This session will allow students and those early in their careers to learn about and discuss the variety of directions one can
                                                                       go in hearing conservation, from audiology, to occupational medicine, acoustical engineering and more. Please come
                                                                       with your knowledge, your questions, your curiosity, and your enthusiasm.

                                                                       The Role of Hearing Conservation in the Music Industry
                                                                       Moderated By: Heather Malyuk and Laura Sinnott
                                                        5:00pm This session is meant for sharing the issues that arise when “music” becomes “noise” and threatens the hearing of those
                                                                       working in the music industry and the recipients of their work. Come discuss situations you encountered, solutions you
                                                                       have found, and the joy of working in this field.

                                         5:30pm – 6:30pm               Meet and Greet Happy Hour with Trivia and Prizes
                                        *All Times Central Time (CT)

                                                                                                                              Our mission: Advancing
                                                                                                                              best practice in occupational
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                                                                                                                              hearing conservation
                                                                                                                              worldwide, through
                                                                                                                              credentialing, standards,
                                                                                                                              education, & advocacy.
                                                                                                                              Visit us at our NHCA booth
                                                                                                                              or on our website:
                                                                                                                              www.caohc.org.

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2021 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

                                Friday • February 26 • 2021
                               Session 1: Welcome Remarks - Speakers: Theresa Schulz and Lynnette Bardolf
  9:30am – 10:30am
                               and Opening Keynote - Speaker: Elizabeth Masterson, PhD, CPH, COHC

                               Session 2: The Need for a Re-Examination of ISO 1999
  10:30am – 11:00am
                               Speaker: Alice Suter, PhD

  11:00am – 12:00pm            Sponsor Ignite Session

                               Session 3: A New Noise Exposure Criteria is Needed for Complex Noise
  12:00pm – 12:30pm
                               Speaker: William Murphy, BS, MS, PhD, MEng

  12:30pm – 12:45pm            Break

                               Session 4: The Association Between Hearing Loss and Hearing Protector
  12:45pm – 1:15pm             Attenuation Among Miners
                               Speaker: Richard Neitzel, PhD, MS, CIH, FAIHA

                               Safe in Sound Award and Closing Remarks
  1:15pm – 1:45pm
                               Speaker: Dennis Driscoll and Jason DeStories

  2:00pm – 3:00pm              Network Opportunity with Sponsors
*All Times Central Time (CT)

                               Saturday • February 27 • 2021
  9:30am – 10:30am             Welcome Remarks and Awards Ceremony

                               Session 5: Hearing Conservation Strategies for a Mobile Workplace
  10:30am – 11:00am
                               Speaker: Jeffrey Winget, CIH

  11:00am – 11:15am            Break

                               Session 6: Turning Angst into Action During COVID-19 Challenges!
  11:15am – 11:45am
                               Speaker: Vivianne Wersel, AuD

  11:45am – 12:05pm            NHCA Business Meeting

  12:05pm – 12:15pm            Break

                               Gasaway Lecture: This Sound’s Important
  12:15pm – 12:45pm
                               Speaker: Donald Finan, PhD
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                               Session 7: TED Talk with Discussion Moderated by Elliott Berger,
  12:45pm – 1:45pm
                               and Conference Closing Remarks

                               Live Poster Session
  1:45pm – 2:45pm
                               See page 9 for the full list and more information
*All Times Central Time (CT)

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ON-DEMAND SESSIONS

                                        Audiovisual Training Rapidly Reduces Hazardous Perceptual Errors Caused by Earplugs .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . David Audet
                                        Managing Auditory Sensitivities in Autism: The Potential of Smart Hearing Protection  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . Danielle Benesch, BSc
                                        Virtual Health - Audiology & Hearing Readiness .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . Georgina Blasco, AuD
                                        Crossing Barriers to Reduce Occupational Hearing Loss  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . Ursula "Asha" Brogan
                                        Please Don't Stop the Music – I Mean Outreach: Healthy Hearing Outreach in the COVID-19 Era .  .  .  .  .  . Kellsie Busho, AuD
                                        Hearing Protectors Fit-Testing: Preliminary Results of Earmuff Instrumentation on Manikin .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . Arthur Colombier
                                        Evaluation of Hearing Protection Device Effectiveness for Musicians .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . Kathryn Crawford, PhD
                                        Leadership Lessons for New and Seasoned Leaders .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . Angela Day, AuD
                                        Tablet-Based Alternatives to Field Attenuation Evaluation Systems .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . Coral Dirks
                                        An Update From the CDC NIHL Workgroup .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . John Eichwald, MA
                                        Working with Musicians: From Booth to Fit .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . Brendan Fitzgerald, AuD, MM
                                        Between-Subject Differences in Middle-Ear Energy Transmission .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . Gregory Flamme
                                        Certification in the Time of COVID-19:
                                        DOD/VA Hearing Technician Distance Learning Course Update .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . Marjorie Grantham, PhD, CPS/A
                                        Threshold Shift Susceptibility Correlated with Pre-Cochlear Amplification in Chinchilla .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . Sarah Grinn, PhD, AuD
                                        Characterization of Noise Injury and Blast Exposure in Military Populations  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . Quintin Hecht, AuD
                                        Hearing Protection Device Performance Requirements in Europe .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . Magnus Johansson, PhD
                                        Safer Choir Rehearsals in the Period of COVID-19 .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . Mead Killion, PhD, ScD
                                        Audiometric Outcomes,Machining Processes, and Noise Control Materials in Manufacturing .  .  .  . Sridhar Krishnamurti, PhD
                                        The New Age of Professional Supervision: Technology as an Asset .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . Renee Lefrancios, MSc
                                        Consequences of COVID-19 on the Sound Exposure of Entertainment Industry Professionals .  .  .  .  . Heather Malyuk, AuD
                                        Building Synergy Among CAOHC and NHCA .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . Raul Mirza, DO, MPH, MS, CPS/A, FACOEM
                                        Exposure to Ototoxicants in the Workplace:
                                        Recent Developments Towards Prevention of Potential Hearing Disorders .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . Thais Morata, PhD
                                        Acoustic Standards for High-Level Impulse Noise .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . William Murphy, BS, MS, PhD, MEng
                                        Cpt. Schad Goes to Prison .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . Maggie Schad, AuD
                                        noisehelp.auburn.edu: A Resource for Noise Abatement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Richard Sesek, PhD, CPE
                                        Injuries, Near Misses, and Noise Exposures Among Miners  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . Lauren Smith, MPH
                                        Hearing Conservation Program in the Agriculture Sector: An Evaluation .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . Ravinder Thaper, MS, AEP
                                        Progress in Preventing Hearing Loss: Healthy People 2020 and Beyond  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . Christa Themann, MA, CCC-A

                                                                                     HOW TO ACCESS ON-DEMAND SESSIONS:
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                                                           •   Navigate to the Learning Center Dashboard - All On-Demand Sessions are 30 minutes
                                                           •   Click on the Icon for “Virtual Conference – On-Demand Session Library”
                                                           •   Choose the session you would like to view from the list
                                                           •   Scroll to the bottom of the page and you will be able to “watch this session”
                                                           •   Complete the whole video recording and it will unlock the evaluation for your CE credit
                                                           •   You DO NOT need a code for the on-demand sessions as you will not be able to take the evaluation
                                                               without completely watching the video provided

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ON-DEMAND ePOSTERS

Hearing Protection Device Evaluated Products List (HPD EPL):
Solving the Competing Issues of Hearing Protection and Situational Awareness  .LIVE                                                      .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . Kari Buchanan, MPH, MA
Measurement of Industrial Noise Using a Smartphone-Based Sound Level Measurement Application .  .LIVE                                                                                               .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . Wei Gong
Can You Tell Me How Loud This Is?:
Audiological Verification of Non-Hearing Aid Amplifying Technologies .  .LIVE                                    .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . Elizabeth Grieggs
Review of Musician Hearing Health Care in the US .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . Kathryn Ideker
The Influence of Tinnitus and Hearing Loss
on the Functional Status of Military Service Members and Veterans .  .LIVE                              .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . M. Samantha Lewis
Prevalence of Hearing Protection Device
Non-Use among U.S. Workers in 2007 and 2014 .  .LIVE
                                                  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . Elizabeth Masterson, PhD, CPH, COHC
COVID-19 Focused Guidance for Audiometric Booths .  .LIVE        .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . Kimberly Parks, PE
Influence of Earplugs on the Loudness
and Dynamic Range of Music Played by Caucasian and Filipino Musicians .  .LIVE                                            .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . Vishakha Rawool

                                          HOW TO ACCESS THE ePOSTER SESSIONS:
             • For the poster session you will be able to find that at the end of the session list on Saturday once you click on the icon
             • Each poster has an individual evaluation and you have to have the CODE from the live poster session to take the evaluation
             • Once you complete 4 poster session evaluations you will have to complete the final attentions form to receive your certificate
             • You have to attend the live poster session for ASHA credits but for AAA credits you may watch the Pre-Recorded versions
               that are provided for some of the posters
             • Interact with each poster presenter live for 15 minutes each through Q&A and discussion (you must do this with a minimum of 4
               for CE and to receive the live code) or view 4, 15-minute pre-recorded posters to fulfill credits for AAA.

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  • These partners support NHCA in many ways, help us support them!

                                                SPONSOR NETWORKING HOUR:
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Safe-in-Sound Award for Innovation Winner            TM

                                                                       Jason DeStories
                                              for the Vertical Lift Team, AH-64 Apache Helicopter,
                                                       the Boeing Company, Mesa, Arizona
                    Jason DeStories has been an engineer for Boeing Research and Technology (BR&T) in the Manufacturing Research and
                    Development (MR&D) group since 2011. He holds a BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering from Arizona State University.
                    The group is charted to perform core research and development in the manufacturing realm as well as production sup-
                    port. They focus on the development of emerging technologies, beta testing, and implementing applicable technologies
                    in production. Jason’s focus is in manufacturing for process improvement related activities. This mostly includes: safety,
                    ergonomics, cost reduction, right sized equipment, productivity improvements with technology, and design for manufac-
                    turing. In his free time, he is a father, runner, carpenter, tinkerer, and builds smart electronic devices.

Left to Right: Dylan Bacon, Industrial Engineer; Chris Allen, Apache Delivery Center; Jason Destories, Manufacturing Research & Development
Engineer; Israel Limon, Manufacturing Research & Development Technician; Parvin Wallum, Industrial Hygienist, Hearing Conservation Program
Coordinator; Eric Knutesen, Experimental Flight Test; Stuart Lange, Production Manager Flight Test; Talmadge Ryan III, Repair/Mod Technician
(Safety Champion). Photo taken pre COVID-19 protocols.

                                   Safe-in-Sound AwardTM Committee:
               Thais C. Morata, PhD                                 John Franks, PhD
          Safe-in-Sound AwardTM Director                                                                       Lytlesound
    National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health
                                                                                                     Stephanie Griffin, PhD
            Scott Schneider, MS, CIH                                                                     University of Arizona
       Safe-in-Sound Award Committee Chair
                                                                                                         Ted Madison, MA
                  Laurie Wells, AuD                                                                      University of Minnesota
                              3M
                                                                                                     Rick Neitzel, PhD, CIH
               Dennis P. Driscoll, PE                                                         University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, MI
              Associates in Acoustics, Inc.
IN MEMORIAM

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STUDENT AWARD WINNERS

                                          The National Hearing Conservation Association Scholarship Foundation (NHCASF) is an independent
                                           extension of the National Hearing Conservation Association and encourages students in university
                                         programs to participate in graduate studies and activities directly related to hearing loss prevention and
                                          hearing conservation. NHCASF provides a means to recognize these endeavors through two awards:
                                                     the Student Conference Award (SCA) and the Student Research Award (SRA).

                                           2021 STUDENT CONFERENCE AWARD WINNER
                                        Danielle Benesch, BSc
                                                        Danielle is a first year research master’s student at the NSERC-EERS Industrial Research Chair in In-Ear Technol-
                                                        ogies (CRITIAS) in Quebec. She completed her bachelor's degree in cognitive science at Osnabrück University in
                                                        Germany. Her research is centered around the development and evaluation of a wearable technology that removes
                                                        distressing sounds in real-time. You can hear her presentation, Managing Auditory Sensitivities in Autism: Poten-
                                                        tial of Smart Hearing Protection, at the Saturday pre-recorded platform.

                                              2021 STUDENT RESEARCH AWARD WINNER
                                        David Audet, Jr., AuD
                                                        David is a recent AuD graduate form the University of Washington and is now a first year PhD student at the same
                                                        university. He is a recipient of the UW Auditory Neuro-science Training Grant funded through the NIH. You can hear
                                                        his presentation, Audiovisual Training Rapidly Reduces Hazardous Perceptual Errors Caused by Earplugs, at the
                                                        Saturday pre-recorded platform.

                                              2020 STUDENT RESEARCH AWARD WINNER
                                        Kathryn Crawford, PhD
                                                        Kathryn is the 2020 SRA recipient and could not attend the Destin, Florida conference to present her topic. Fortu-
                                                        nately, she is able to do so at this year’s conference. Since last year, Kathryn graduated with a PhD from the Depart-
                                                        ment of Occupational and Environmental Health at the University of Iowa. She is currently in a post doctoral position
                                                        as a research associate at the university, working with the Great Plains Center for Agriculture Health and Safety. You
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                                                        can hear her presentation, Evaluation of Hearing Protection Device Effectiveness for Musicians, at the Saturday
                                                        pre-recorded platform.

                                           The Foundation congratulates all three on being chosen and wishes them the best in their
                                           respective careers. We hope that you make a concerted effort to hear their presentations.

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MEDIA AWARD WINNER

                                                    2021 NHCA MEDIA AWARD
                                               AWARDED TO THE CDC NIHL WORKGROUP
                                                                                                 John Eichwald, MA
                                                                                   (Lead; accepting on behalf of the group)
                                                                                 CDC National Center for Environmental Health

                                                                      Lauren Benet                                       Patrick Breysse, PhD, CIH
                                                            Yulia Carroll, MD, PhD                                           Robin Ikeda, MD, MPH

                                         Other honorable mentions who significantly contributed to the CDC NIHL Workgroup communication efforts include:
                                                     Bryan Beamer • David Byrne • Eric Cahill • Chucri “Chuck” Kardous
                                                             Thais Morata • William Murphy • Christa Themann

                                                                                                                           The NHCA Media Award was established to recognize the efforts
                                                                                                                           of writers and/or producers of news features that serve to heighten
                                                                                                                           public awareness of the hazards of noise. The award is also available
                                                                                                                           to NHCA members who take the time and effort to bring hearing
                                                                                                                           conservation related issues into public light. The NHCA is pleased to
                                                                                                                           announce this year’s recipient the Centers for Disease Control and
                                                                                                                           Prevention (CDC), Noise Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL) Workgroup
                                                                                                                           for their contributions to raising the public awareness for the risks of
                                                                                                                           hearing loss and how to prevent it.

                                                                                                                           The CDC National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) led a
                                                                                                                           collaborative effort across several centers within CDC (National Center
                                                                                                                           for Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, National Institute
                                                                                                                           for Occupational Safety and Health; NIOSH) to communicate the risk
                                                                                                                           of noise induced hearing loss (NIHL) to the greater public in the U.S.
                                                                                                                           NCEH has developed several unique communication products and
                                        Photo Credit: John Eichwald                                                        have been able to reach diverse audiences with this information.

                                        NHCA is conferring this award to the CDC NIHL Workgroup for their recent high-profile activities. They include: From 2018 to 2019 CDC’s NCEH group
                                        worked to develop unique communication tools highlighted as part of the Superbowl and posted throughout the Atlanta Jackson-Hartsfield Airport
                                        to raise the awareness of travelers regarding the hazards of high levels of noise. Similar advertisements were featured in the programs for NBA’s Allstar
                                        game, NASCAR and Indy-car racing events, and the NHL games in Atlanta. In the fall of 2019, animated images to instruct people about how to properly
                                        fit an earplug and a short video about NIHL were developed. These formed the basis of two communication products featured on the large displays in
                                        Times-Square in New York City during the 2019 Thanksgiving Day festivities and the 2019 New Year’s Eve celebration. More than a million persons had
                                        opportunity to learn about how to protect their hearing because of these efforts!
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                                        Previously, the CDC NIHL Workgroup has also been active. In 2017, they published the Vital Signs article NIHL Among Adults – United States 2011-
                                        2012 in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Several infographics were created to accompany this article to communicate the magnitude of NIHL
                                        in the U.S. Also in June 2017, they organized and hosted the Public Health Grand Rounds: It’s Loud Out There: Hearing Health Across the Lifespan.
                                        NCEH, NIOSH, Dangerous Decibels and the World Health Organization each presented reaching more than 90,000 persons worldwide!

                                        The CDC’s Noise Induced Hearing Loss Workgroup is an outstanding example for the 2021 NHCA Media Award.

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LIVE SESSIONS

Opening Keynote Session:                                                       A New Noise Exposure Criteria
Where We Have Been and Where We are                                            is Needed for Complex Noise
Now: Occupational Hearing Loss in the                                          Presenter: William Murphy, PhD
United States                                                                  Co-Presenters: Wei Qiu, Meibian Zhang,
                                                                               Alice Suter
Presenter: Elizabeth A. Masterson, PhD, CPH,
COHC                                                                           From the earliest standards for occupational noise exposure, impulse
                                                                               noise has been recognized as presenting an increased hazard for
It has been an incredibly challenging year. It has been challenging for
                                                                               developing hearing loss. Animal research has focused primarily on
the field of hearing conservation and occupational hearing con-
                                                                               the chinchilla as a surrogate for the human ear due to the similarity
servation. Audiometric testing for noise-exposed workers has been
                                                                               of sensitivity and frequency range of hearing. Research from the
interrupted, research field studies and surveillance activities have
                                                                               SUNY-Plattsburgh has demonstrated that hearing loss in chinchilla
been halted or postponed, time and resources have been diverted,
                                                                               and the kurtosis of the noise exposure are monotonically related
and the priority of hearing loss prevention has been eclipsed by pre-
                                                                               for a given equivalent noise exposure level, LAeq. The risk of hearing
venting disease transmission in the workplace. This is in addition to
                                                                               loss increased with higher kurtosis to a point where the amount of
losses in business and personal losses among those who work in this
                                                                               noise-induced hearing loss plateaued. SUNY-Plattsburgh, NIOSH,
field. Now is a good time to assess where we have been and where we
                                                                               and the Chinese, Zhejiang Provincial Centers for Disease Control
are now - to take note of our successes and continuing challenges -
                                                                               researchers have conducted a series of investigations with Chinese
as we move forward with our important work in a new and hopefully
                                                                               workers who have a history of noise exposure in a stable occupation-
less challenging year. We will examine the numbers, including how
                                                                               al setting. The findings from these investigations confirm the animal
many workers have lost their hearing, how many continue to be at
                                                                               research, the risk of occupational hearing loss increases with an
risk, which workers are most in need of attention, and any progress
                                                                               increased kurtosis of the noise exposure. This paper will examine the
in prevention. The sources of these numbers and the critical need for
                                                                               potential for a new noise exposure standard that incorporates both
continued surveillance will also be discussed.
                                                                               level and kurtosis.

The Need for a Re-Examination                                                  The Association Between Hearing Loss
of ISO 1999                                                                    and Hearing Protector Attenuation
Presenter: Alice Suter, PhD                                                    Among Miners
Co-Presenters: Wei Qiu, Barry Lempert
                                                                               Presenter: Richard Neitzel, PhD, MS, CIH, FAIHA
There are two major reasons to re-examine ISO 1999 and its U.S.                Co-Presenters: Elon Ullman, Lauren Smith,
counterpart, ANSI S3.44. The first is that the formulas to predict             Sandar Bregg, Marjorie McCullagh
noise-induced hearing loss do not reflect the data on which these
standards were originally based. Evidence from a recent study of the           This study used data collected under a larger study on noise expo-
data and formula will be presented. The second reason is that the use          sure and injury rates among miners to investigate risk factors for poor
of the equal energy rule (or 3-dB exchange rate) is not sufficiently           earplug fit, with a focus on the association between hearing loss and
protective for noises other than continuous or Gaussian noise. The             personal attenuation ratings. Earplug fit was assessed by obtaining
earliest attempts at formulating criteria were based mainly on expo-           Personal Attenuation Ratings (PARs) using a Real Ear at Threshold
sure to continuous noise, and, until recently, there has been a lack of        (REAT) system. Hearing loss was assessed using the unoccluded
attention paid to the temporal pattern of noise exposure. However,             hearing levels measured during the REAT testing and the results
new developments using the kurtosis metric indicate that complex,              of a speech-in-noise test. We found high HPD usage (HPD worn
non-Gaussian noise, which is common in many industrial conditions,             on average 73.9% of the time) in a high noise environment (mean
is more damaging than Gaussian noise of equivalent energy. ISO                 Time-Weighted Average exposure 85.5 dBA, range 65-103 dBA)
1999 and ANSI S3.44 provide the basis by which agencies or orga-               among 207 participating workers from 11 aboveground mine sites.
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nizations develop damage-risk criteria for the protection of workers'          One quarter (26.7%) of workers had hearing loss, and 42% reported
hearing, and thus it is important that their predictions accurately            symptoms of tinnitus. PARs were highly variable (mean 25.4 dB,
reflect the effect on hearing.                                                 range 1.8 - 43.2 dB), and HPD use time was positively associated with
                                                                               noise exposure level. The results of adjusted linear regression models
                                                                               suggest that workers with a hearing loss achieved significantly lower
                                                                               PARs than those with normal hearing. Workers with hearing loss or a
                                                                               standard threshold shift should be prioritized for fit testing, as their
                                                                               hearing impairment may associated with poor HPD fit.

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LIVE SESSIONS

                                        2021 Safe-in-Sound Excellence in Hear-                                          Gasaway Lecture:
                                        ing Loss Prevention Awards™                                                     This Sound’s Important
                                        In this 12th round of Safe-in-Sound Awards the National Institute for           Presenter: Donald Finan, PhD
                                        Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the National Hearing
                                                                                                                        Sound is all around us, and we all have our favorite sounds. But what
                                        Conservation Association (NHCA) will recognize organizations that
                                                                                                                        sounds are important to you? What sounds are important to others?
                                        document measurable achievements in hearing loss prevention.
                                                                                                                        This talk will explore the importance of sound to you and to others.
                                        The submissions are evaluated against key performance indicators
                                                                                                                        Understanding what sounds are important and why they are import-
                                        in a rigorous review process designed to capture and evaluate the
                                                                                                                        ant can help you to connect with those you interact with profession-
                                        successes. The attendees will get to hear about the innovative strat-
                                                                                                                        ally. So, what sounds are important?
                                        egies and the success stories from the winners themselves firsthand;
                                        information which will be shared later to a broader community. Join
                                        us for the remarkable presentations! #wewanttohear!
                                                                                                                        The Birth of a Word and Applications
                                                                                                                        and Implications of Big Data
                                        Hearing Conservation Strategies for a                                           Presenter: Deb Roy
                                        Mobile Workplace                                                                Moderator: Elliott Berger
                                        Presenter: Jeffrey Winget, CIH                                                  In this luncheon talk for a virtual conference we will screen a TED talk
                                        Managing a Hearing Conservation Program in a workplace that                     by MIT researcher Deb Roy who wanted to understand how his infant
                                        rotates workers between jobs and shifts with highly varied sound pro-           son learned language – so he wired up his house with videocameras
                                        files presents unique challenges within the industry. KIA Motors Man-           to catch every moment (with exceptions) of his son's life, then parsed
                                        ufacturing, Georgia faces this situation in several production areas.           90,000 hours of home video to watch "gaaaa" slowly turn into "water."
                                        The keys to insuring compliance with OSHA and protecting employee               He then goes on to apply his methodology to examining communica-
                                        hearing is constantly reviewing these areas, managing changes to                tions, public media, and the interactions that arise. His talk contains
                                        the operation process, enrolling employees in the hearing conserva-             astonishing, data-rich research with deep implications for how we
                                        tion program, and reducing sound level exposures through the use                learn and potential questions about how that may affect society. Fol-
                                        of engineering controls and personal protective equipment. These                lowing the video, there will be a moderated live audience discussion.
                                        strategies are further discussed in this presentation.

                                        Turning Angst into Action During
                                        COVID-19 Challenges!
                                        Presenter: Vivianne Wersel, AuD
                                        Not happy with present Audiology laws and regulations? Want to
                                        become an effective advocate to change laws, regulations and
                                        legislation that impacts your practice and patients? As a stakeholder,
                                        you have the power and passion to turn your angst into action to help
                                        make a difference! This advocacy workshop will help you effectively
                                        communicate with your elected officials, who have jurisdiction over
                                        your issue, from nuts to bolts! In this workshop, you will learn how to:
                                        • Identify and make appointments with staffers and or your elected
                                        officials • Learn virtual or face-to face pre-and post-meeting protocol
                                        • Articulate your legislative issue/passion succinctly.
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ON-DEMAND SESSIONS

Audiovisual Training Rapidly Reduces                                               Virtual Health - Audiology & Hearing
Hazardous Perceptual Errors Caused                                                 Readiness
by Earplugs                                                                        Presenter: Georgina Blasco, AuD
Presenter: David Audet                                                             Co-Presenters: Theresa Galan,
Our ears capture sound from all directions but do not encode direc-                Lauren Benitze
tional information explicitly. Associations between subtle acoustic                Hearing loss and tinnitus are the most prevalent permanent injuries
features and the source locations that produce them must be learned                in the military, accounting for a substantial number of medical
through experience. Surprisingly, aspects of this mapping process                  boarding actions. Hearing-related trauma can be attributed to
remain highly plastic throughout adulthood: Adult human listeners                  hazardous noise exposure in active duty service members who,
can accommodate acutely modified acoustic inputs ('new ears') over                 despite efforts from hearing conservation programs, continue to
a period of a few weeks to recover near-normal sound localization                  experience hearing-related issues warranting referral for audiolog-
ability, and this process can be accelerated with explicit training.               ical services. The increasing numbers of patients reporting such
Here we sought to leverage this intrinsic plasticity in an applied                 injuries are experiencing difficulties accessing audiological hearing
setting to ameliorate disruptions of sound source localization caused              readiness services within the Military Health System (MHS) due to its
by earplugs – presently a constraint on their usability. Sound source              lack of specialty services in remote areas. As a result, some patients
localization accuracy and the incidence of hazardous perceptual                    have delayed care and/or been referred out of the TRICARE network.
errors known as front-back confusions were measured across a se-                   However, current audiology virtual health (VH) services within MHS
ries of brief training sessions. Provision of feedback via simple paired           have demonstrated the feasibility to expand the accessibility of
auditory-visual stimuli led to a rapid decrease in front-back confu-               these specialized services and expedite its provision to patients in
sions, even with only once-weekly exposure to the altered acoustic                 underserved areas. In addition to optimizing access to quality patient
inputs. Moreover, training effects generalized to untrained sound                  care for audiology and hearing readiness, VH has demonstrated
source locations. Data yield insight on the nature and time course                 ample potential to decrease expenses related to the number of travel
of perceptual learning for spatial hearing, and demonstrate that                   reimbursement requests, patients' time spent away from duty station,
perceptual errors caused by earplugs can be substantially decreased                and potentially eliminating purchased care cost. The success of this
with training, offering a practical means to increase their usability.             initiative at select location has provided the opportunity for consider-
                                                                                   ation of a larger-scale introduction into the MHS.

Managing Auditory Sensitivities in
Autism: The Potential of Smart Hearing                                             Crossing Barriers to Reduce
Protection                                                                         Occupational Hearing Loss
Presenter: Danielle Benesch, BSc                                                   Presenter: Ursula "Asha" Brogan
Co-Presenters: Rachel Bouserhal,                                                   Co-Presenter: Jason Booms, Bryan Beamer
Stefanie Blain-Moraes, Jérémie Voix                                                Each year about 22 million U.S. workers are exposed to hazardous
For many students on the autism spectrum, certain classroom sounds                 noise and about 12% of the U.S. working population has difficulty
can hinder learning and even cause distress. While conventional                    hearing. While many simple intervention strategies are well known by
hearing protection may relieve sound-induced distress, passive hear-               researchers, it can be difficult to implement them in the workplace.
ing protectors attenuate all ambient sounds and do not distinguish                 Researchers from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and
between sounds causing distress and those conveying information.                   Health (NIOSH) are conducting a four-year project to help prevent
Passive hearing protection used to block out distressing noises may                occupational hearing loss. Along with the help of The Hannon Group
therefore attenuate too much sound for the wearer, which can prevent               LLC, a public relations and market research firm, we have examined
classroom engagement. An electronic 'passthrough' hearing protector                current attitudes on hazardous noise and hearing loss in the work-
could potentially overcome this limitation by attenuating undesired                place and the beginnings of what an effective intervention campaign
sounds while transmitting those that are useful for the wearer to hear.            would look like. The Hannon Group designed, fielded, and analyzed
                                                                                   in-person focus groups as well as telephone in-depth interviews (IDIs)
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This project envisions a smart hearing protection device that can
selectively filter out the noises each individual wearer is sensitive to,          with construction industry members to gather data on both workers
learning these sounds in real-time using biosignals captured from                  and leadership in the construction industry. The research revealed
within the ear as indicators of distress. An initial effort to adapt an ex-        that, after a need for awareness and awareness goals are reached,
isting in-ear technology to manage auditory sensitivities is described.            cultivating a strong multilingual social media presence will be an
Multiple methods of real-time audio filtering are considered, including            optimal method to reach intended target populations and motivate
those based on machine learning methods as well as classical signal                construction industry employees to take action by wearing appro-
processing techniques. Preliminary findings are presented along with               priate PPE and/or taking other measures, such as engineering out
their implications for meeting the needs of the target population.                 elevated noise levels or purchasing quieter tools and equipment.

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