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U-M exposure scientist Dr Rick Neitzel, who leads the Apple Hearing Study, recently spoke with Radio New Zealand about the research.

While earbuds and headphones have become a quintessential accessory, we often overlook the potential harm to our hearing. Dr. Rick Neitzel is interviewed on a South Korean radio station about the connection between sound exposure and hearing health.

In June, the anti-noise advocacy group Quiet Communities took a bold step by suing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The lawsuit demands the EPA fulfill its long-neglected duty to regulate noise Pollution, a mandate set forth by the Noise Control Act of 1972.

For more than half a century, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has failed to adequately regulate noise. Writer Joanne Silberner spoke with U-M researcher Rick Neitzel and others about the need to protect public health from harmful noise pollution.

If you ever get a ringing in your ears, you’re far from alone, according to preliminary insights Apple announced this week from its ongoing hearing health study.

Doctoral candidate Anupon Tadee was awarded the Best Volunteer Group Student Poster at the AIHA CONNECT 2024 conference. Congratulations, Anupon!

U-M alum Benjamin Roberts, PhD, CIH, received the AIHA 2024 Kusnetz Award for Outstanding Achievement by an Early Career Professional in the occupational and environmental health and safety profession. Congratulations, Benjamin!

In a presentation at AIHA Connect 2024, U-M and Exposure Lab alum Benjamin Roberts (PhD ‘17) described one potential practical application of ChatGPT: to read and summarize OEHS regulations. Learn more about Benjamin’s conclusions in the AIHA article. 

One of the most insidious sources of noise exposure today is our technology, namely earbuds and headphones. U-M exposure scientist Rick Neitzel said in an interview on NPR’s Body Electric that he has often been asked, “I don’t want to harm my hearing, is there anything I can do? The good news is, there is.”

To combat the ill effects of urban noise pollution, Paris is deploying automated sensors and cracking down on the loudest vehicles. Read the article in Bloomberg.