Recommended Web Sites

Have Wise Ears For Life! - The National Institutes of Health offers advice on noise.

Hearing: Noise-Induced Hearing Loss - FamilyDoctor.org has created this fact sheet.

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA): Noise - The ASHA is the professional, scientific, and credentialing association for more than 103,000 audiologists, speech-language pathologists, and speech, language, and hearing scientists. This fact sheet will discuss noise levels, physical and other changes associated with noise, where you may be exposed to damaging noise, and how to protect yourself.

Choosing The Right Hearing Protection For You - The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has created this handout.

League for the Hard of Hearing, Noise Center - The mission of The Noise Center of the League for the Hard of Hearing is to promote hearing conservation and noise awareness through education, advocacy and outreach. This site offers information on airport noise, children and noise, hearing hazards, noise legislation as well as numerous fact sheets.

MEDLINEplus: Noise - Developed by the National Library of Medicine, this consumer health site directs the user to selected online resources on many common diseases and conditions.

NIOSH Sound Meter - Need to know how much noise an object makes? If so, click here.

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH): Noise and Hearing Loss Prevention - The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is the Federal agency responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related disease and injury. One can access NIOSH publications and other related links from this site.

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders - The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) is one of the Institutes that comprise the National Institutes of Health (NIH). WISE EARS! is a national campaign to prevent noise-induced hearing loss. Resources for kids, teachers, parents, and the public will be found here, so check out all of their publications.

Noise and Hearing Conservation - The US Department of Labor has issued this information.

Noise Pollution Clearinghouse - The mission of the Noise Pollution Clearinghouse is to create more civil cities and more natural rural and wilderness areas by reducing noise pollution at the source. Information on hearing loss and occupational noise, noise and airports, legal issues, and access to the organization's newsletter can all be obtained from this site.

Right to Quiet Society - Want to join a group campaigning for a quieter life?

U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration: Highway Traffic Noise in the United States, Problem and Response - This report has been developed to provide information about the problem of highway traffic noise and the United States' response to that problem.

U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration: Keeping the Noise Down, Highway Traffic Noise Barriers - Basic information on noise barriers can be obtained from this brochure.