Hearing Loss Rule Delayed, Coalition Acts.(Brief Article)

A coalition of diverse groups led by ASHA is opposing a proposed year-long delay in implementing a regulation related to occupational hearing loss. Earlier this year, audiologists involved with heating conservation won a victory when their 15-year effort to gain federal regulations on occupational heating loss resulted in the issuance of a final rule.

In the July 3 Federal Register, however, OSHA proposed postponing the implementation of the final rule on Occupational Injury and Illness Recording and Reporting Requirements, which includes strict criteria for recording heating ...

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