AIHA's New Brochure Offers Tips on Protecting Your Hearing

FAIRFAX, Va./PRNewswire/ -- Noise exposure is a growing issue in our communities and workplaces, says the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA). To educate the public on the subject, AIHA has published a new consumer brochure, ''Protect Yourself from Noise-Induced Hearing Loss.''

This brochure, available free from AIHA in both English and Spanish, covers such topics as when you should worry about hearing loss, the role of hearing aids, noise in the workplace, and noise in the community. It also addresses the question of what individuals can do on a personal level and a community level to protect their hearing and that of others.

''Protect Yourself from Noise-Induced Hearing Loss'' joins several other brochure titles in AIHA's Operation Outreach series. Several of the brochures also are available online in Spanish.

To obtain a copy of the noise brochure, call AIHA at +1-703-849-8888 or send an e-mail to infonet@aiha.org. These consumer brochures also may be accessed in their entirety on the association's website, www.aiha.org . Click first on Government Affairs/PR, then on Public Relations, and then Operation Outreach.

The American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA), founded in 1939, is the world's largest association of occupational and environmental health professionals, and its members play an important role on the front line of worker health and safety. The 12,300 members come from government, labor, industry, academia, and private business. AIHA is the most diverse professional association dedicated to the improvement of the health and well- being of workers, the community, and the environment.