Earlier we posted a summary of the noise-induced hearing loss conference (that was held on Saturday, October 15, 2022) along with a list of documents and resources shared from the conference. Here are those documents and resources again.

These documents and resources are also on our Conference page: https://www.hlaatc.org/hearing-loss-conference-2022/ 

Documents Shared at Conference

Documents on Tinnitus:

NIDCD-Tinnitus Fact Sheet

DHHSD Fact Sheet on Tinnitus

Noisy Planet Documents (NIDCD Program on noise-induced hearing loss):

Keeping It Down At Home Brochure

Hearing Protectors

How Does Noise Damage Your Hearing?

How Loud Is Too Loud?

Miscellaneous Materials on NIHL:

Do You Need a Hearing Test? Bookmark

Materials from and about DHHSD:

DHHSD Brochure

DHHSD Preventing noise-induced hearing loss fact sheet

The Minnesota DHS Telephone Equipment Distribution (TED) Program

Materials from and about National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD):

Noise-induced Hearing Loss (NIHL) Fact Sheet

Hearing Protectors Fact Sheet

Presentations from Conference:

Presenter 1: Dr. Kerry Witherell, AuD, CCC-A “Introduction to Noise and Hearing Conservation”- Email Mary Bauer, mary.bauer@state.mn.us of DHHSD and request the presentation.

Presenter 2: Monique Hammond, RPh “Preventing Noise-Induced Hearing Loss in the Loud Workplace”- Click here to Download a Presentation Summary PDF

Presenter 3: Dr. Peggy Nelson, Ph.D., CCC-A “What is a Hearing Protection Device (HPD) and Why Do I Still Need to Wear Them When I Have a Hearing Loss?”- Email Mary Bauer, mary.bauer@state.mn.us of DHHSD and request the presentation.

Presenter 4: Kristen Swan, MA, LP “The Grief and Emotional ’Backdraft’ of Acquired Hearing Loss”- Click here to Download a PDF of the Presentation