Development of a School-Based Hearing Conservation Prog*

产品说明：在农村地区，听力障碍的发病率很高，严重的听力障碍出现在青少年和成年早期。在农场或农业综合企业工作的青少年比同龄人有更大的听力障碍风险。 在听力障碍发生之前，需要训练听力保护习惯，学校系统是解决这一需求的合理场所。该项目将开发和评估两个听力保护计划，一个针对四年级学生，一个针对七年级学生。 四年级课程将包括听力测试和教育计划，旨在提供有关听觉解剖学和生理学的知识，有关听力损伤风险因素的知识，避免听力损伤的指导，以及听力损伤的迹象。 七年级课程将包括听力测试、教育课程、听力保护设备的使用、各种声音产生器（农场设备、商店设备等）产生的声级显示。和一个简单的程序来监测他们每天接触到的听力损伤。 七年级的课程包括健康信念模型和自我效能理论的组成部分。

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.