Conservation

Deafening Sound - - Originally produced for broadcast on Nebraska ETV, explores this noisy, sometimes deafening world. The web site contains much of the content from the TV program and helps to educate the public on hazardous noise.

Decibel Ruler - - Interactive site from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. Illustrates the meaning of decibel levels.

H.E.A.R. - Hearing Education and Awareness for Rockers - - a non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness of the real dangers of repeated exposure to excessive noise levels which can lead to permanent, and sometimes debilitating, hearing loss and tinnitus.

Hearing Conservation Council - - Information about this British registered charity. Includes the constitution, applying for and donating funds and contact details.

Hearing damage and loud music - - Document on the relationship between loud noise and ear damage with particular reference to young people and loud music.

Hearing impairment assessment - ISO 1999 - - Script allows one compute amount of hearing loss due to level of noise and years of exposure.

National Hearing Conservation Association - - This professional association seeks to prevent hearing loss due to noise and other environmental factors in all sectors of society.

NIDCD - Wise Ears! - - Educational materials from a campaign to prevent noise-induced hearing loss.

WHO Guidelines on Community Noise - - The World Health Organization defines community noise as that which occurs from outside the industrial workplace.