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Effects of training on hearing protector attenuation by Murphy, William J, Stephenson, Mark R, Byrne, David C, Witt, Brad, Duran, Jesse

“…The effect of training instruction, whether presented as the manufacturer's printed instructions, a short video training session specific to the product, or as…”
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Results of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health―U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Interlaboratory Comparison of American National Standards Institute S12.6-1997 Methods A and B by MURPHY, William J, BYRNE, David C, GAUGER, Dan, AHROON, William A, BERGER, Elliott, GERGES, Samir N. Y, MCKINLEY, Richard, WITT, Brad, KRIEG, Edward F

“…The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and the Environmental Protection Agency sponsored the completion of an interlaboratory study to…”
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Connecting the Worker to Hearing Protection by Witt, Brad

“…Since the inception of hearing conservation regulations hatched in the 1970's, efforts to stop noise-induced hearing loss always have been tied to a lagging…”
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Psychophysical uncertainty estimates for real ear attenuation at threshold measurements in naive subjects by Murphy, William J., Byrne, David, Witt, Brad, Duran, Jesse

“…The International Standards Organization (ISO) TC43 SC1 has directed the working groups to use the ‘‘Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement’’…”
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Ear Plug Selection and Fitting Best Practices by Witt, Brad

“…Despite more than 30 years of regulatory advances and ever-increasing awareness of the danger, noise-induced hearing loss continues to be one of the leading…”
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Dual Hearing Protection: When 1+1 [not equal to] 2 by Witt, Brad

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Results from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Administration/Environmental Protection Agency (NIOSH/EPA) interlaboratory comparison of American National Standards Institute (ANSI) S12.6-1997 Methods A and B by Murphy, William J., Berger, Elliott, Gauger, Dan, Witt, Brad, McKinley, Rich, Gerges, Samir, Ahroon, William

“…The Environmental Protection Agency and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health sponsored the completion of an interlaboratory study…”
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Stopping Workplace Hearing Loss One Ear at a Time by Witt, Brad

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Hearing conservation: it's not just for the workplace anymore: best practices for developing a culture of hearing conservation, both at work and at home by Witt, Brad

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Earplug fit versus effectiveness: the difference is good protection, or none by Witt, Brad

“…Each day in the US workplace, a few million earplugs are inserted as workers step into noise-hazardous jobsites. The worker with a bad fit may be lulled into a…”
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Hearing Conservation: It's Not Just for the Workplace Anymore by Witt, Brad

“…Workers continue to suffer noise-induced hearing loss at alarming rates. The cost of noise-induced hearing loss in the US is now measured in billions of…”
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Protecting Against Extreme Noise by Witt, Brad K

“…Often at noisy facilities, there is one process or area that generates extremely loud noise. It typically is task-specific (such as tank cleaning, motor run-up…”
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Ear Plug Selection and Fitting Best Practices: Fit-testing of hearing protection now allows a worker to try various hearing protectors to determine which type is most suitable by Witt, Brad

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Arc Flash Hearing Protection by Witt, Brad

“…Questions about the Arc flash hearing protection are answered. Arc flash is the term describing an extremely dangerous electrical hazard when uncontrolled…”
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Dispelling hearing protection myths by Witt, Brad

“…You've heard the excuses a dozen times -- the reasons why a worker doesn't want to wear the required hearing protection in noise-hazardous areas. Some of the…”
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How to stop Joe's hearing loss on the job by Witt, Brad

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Stopping workplace hearing loss one ear at a time: hearing protection becomes personal at three companies by Witt, Brad

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Worker attitudes towards hearing protection, and how to change them by Witt, Brad

“…Hazardous noise is not a new problem in the workplace, so there are many attitudes and habits that are entrenched among exposed workers. In their comprehensive…”
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Hearing protection findings stand conventional wisdom on ear by Witt, Brad

“…Conventional wisdom has always held that properly inserting an earplug - while requiring some technique - was essentially a no-brainer. As a result, safety…”
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Putting the personal back into PPE: hearing protector effectiveness by Witt, Brad

“…The lessons learned from this field study of hearing protector attenuation can be distilled for the safety manager into two recommendations: 1) One-on-one…”
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