Development of a School-Based Hearing Conservation Prog*

学校听力保护计划的发展*

• 批准号: 7013519
• 负责人: Gregory A. Flamme
• 金额: $ 4.93万
• 依托单位: WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-01-01 至 2005-09-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7013519
• 关键词: adolescence (12-20); agriculture worker; clinical research; education evaluation /planning; health education; hearing; human subject; injury prevention; middle childhood (6-11); occupational health /safety; rural area; user protection

DESCRIPTION: There is a high prevalence of hearing impairment in rural areas, with substantial impairments appearing in adolescence and early adulthood. Adolescents who work on farms or in agribusiness are at a much greater risk of hearing impairment than their peers. Training hearing protection habits is needed before the onset of hearing impairment, and school systems represent a logical place to address this need. This project will develop and evaluate two hearing conservation programs, one for fourth graders and one for seventh graders. The fourth grade program will include hearing tests and an educational program designed to provide knowledge about auditory anatomy and physiology, knowledge about risk factors for hearing damage, instruction in avoiding hearing damage, and signs of hearing damage. The seventh grade program will consist of hearing tests, education programs, hearing protection device use, display of the sound levels produced by various sound producers (farm equipment, shop equipment, etc.) and a simple procedure to monitor their daily exposure to hearing damage. The seventh grade program incorporates components of the Health Belief Model and the Theory of Self Efficacy.

描述：农村地区听力障碍的发病率很高，严重的听力障碍出现在青春期和成年早期。在农场或农业企业工作的青少年比他们的同龄人面临更大的听力障碍风险。在听力障碍发作之前，需要培训听力保护习惯，而学校系统是解决这一需求的合乎逻辑的场所。该项目将开发和评估两个听力保护计划，一个为四年级学生，另一个为七年级学生。四年级的课程将包括听力测试和旨在提供听觉解剖学和生理学知识、听力损伤风险因素知识、避免听力损伤的指导以及听力损伤迹象的教育课程。七年级的课程将包括听力测试、教育项目、听力保护设备的使用、各种声音制作者(农业设备、商店设备等)产生的声级的展示。还有一个简单的程序来监测他们每天暴露在听力损伤中的情况。七年级的课程包括健康信念模式和自我效能理论的组成部分。