Recreational firearm use is a popular sport that puts the hearing of the shooter at risk due to high peak sound pressure levels. This course will enable the attendee to better understand the risk factors associated with shooting sports and will provide an overview of specific prevention strategies that address these factors, including specialized hearing protectors.
Please note: You may earn ABA Tier 1 credits for this course if you complete it as part of the course 32754, " Leisure Noise in Hearing, presented in partnership with Seminars in Hearing." Course 32754 contains recordings of all five events from our 2019 series on Leisure Noise. ABA Tier 1 CEUs can be earned only when all modules are completed as part of course 32754.
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Learning Outcomes
- After this course, participants will be able to identify at least three factors that increase the risk of noise-induced hearing loss from recreational shooting.
- After this course, participants will be able to describe at least five hearing loss prevention strategies for individuals exposed to impulse noise from recreational firearms.
- After this course, participants will be able to describe the measurement considerations and limitations of conventional sound level meters used for gunshot measurements.
Course created on January 25, 2019
Agenda
| 0-5 Minutes | Introduction |
| 5-10 Minutes | Recreational Shooting in the U.S. |
| 10-15 Minutes | Measuring the Bang |
| 15-25 Minutes | Peak Sound Pressure Levels of Firearms and Auditory Risk from Firearm Impulse Noise |
| 25-30 Minutes | Hearing Loss from Firearm Impulse Noise |
| 30-35 Minutes | The Demand for Audibility |
| 35-45 Minutes | Hearing Protection Devices Designed for Use in Shooting Sports |
| 45-55 Minutes | Factors that Influence the Risk of Noise-Induced Hearing Loss and Need for Education and Partnerships |
| 55-60 Minutes | Summary, Q & A |
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Deanna Meinke
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Deanna Meinke is currently a Winchester Distinguished Professor in the department of Audiology and Speech-Language Sciences at the University of Northern Colorado. She received her Master’s in Audiology at Northern Illinois University and her Ph.D. from the University of Colorado. Her research topic is centered on the early detection and prevention of noise-induced hearing loss. Currently, her research projects are focused on measuring the auditory risk from impulse noise exposure, developing of educational gaming to promote hearing loss prevention, and the implementing a wireless automated hearing test systems designed for use outside of a sound-booth in various settings. She has served as past president of the National Hearing Conservation Association and the Colorado Academy of Audiology and is past-chair of the Safe-in-Sound Award expert committee. As Co-Director of the Dangerous Decibels®program her passion for changing knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and behaviors related to the prevention of NIHL and tinnitus is highlighted by her international collaborations with colleagues in the delivery of Dangerous Decibels®educator training workshops in the U.S., Australia, Brazil, Canada, New Zealand and Singapore (www.dangerousdecibels.org). Her favorite sound is the call of Sandhill cranes at dawn. She would like to know what is your favorite sound?
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