Noise and Health Publications

*Bold indicates current and former Lab members

  1. He J, Smith LM, Shkembi A, Neitzel RL. Evaluating the impact of occupational noise exposure on workplace fatal and nonfatal injuries in the U.S. (2006-2020). Int J Hyg Environ Health 2025
  2. Shkembi A, Smith LM, Neitzel RL. Risk perception or hazard perception? Examining misperceptions of miners’ personal exposures to noise.Int J Hyg Environ Health 2023
  3. Torén K, Neitzel RL, Eriksson HP, Andersson E. Occupational exposure to noise and dust in Swedish soft paper mills and mortality from ischemic heart disease and ischemic stroke: a cohort study. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 2023
  4. Shkembi A, Smith LM, Bregg S, Neitzel RL. Evaluating Occupational Noise Exposure as a Contributor to Injury Risk among Miners.Ann Work Expo Health 2022
  5. Shkembi A, Smith LM, Le AB, Neitzel RL. Noise exposure and mental workload: Evaluating the role of multiple noise exposure metrics among surface miners in the US Midwest.Appl Ergon 2022
  6. Roberts B, Jacobs N, Mathis C, Reamer H, Kardous CC, Gaffney S, Neitzel RL. Evaluation of a wearable consumer noise measurement device in a laboratory setting. J Acoust Soc Am 2022
  7. Roberts B, Shkembi A, Smith LM, Neitzel RL. Beware the Grizzlyman: A comparison of job- and industry-based noise exposure estimates using manual coding and the NIOSH NIOCCS machine learning algorithm. J Occup Environ Hyg 2022
  8. Shkembi A, Neitzel RL. Noise as a risk factor for COVID-19 transmission: Comment on Zhang: “Estimation of differential occupational risk of COVID-19 by comparing risk factors with case data by occupational group”. Am J Ind Med 2022
  9. Shkembi A, Smith LM, Roberts B, Neitzel R. Fraction of acute work-related injuries attributable to hazardous occupational noise across the USA in 2019. Occup Environ Med2022
  10. Neitzel RL, Smith LM, Wang L, Green G, Block J, Carchia M, Mazur K, DePalma G, Azimi R, Villanueva B. Toward a better understanding of nonoccupational sound exposures and associated health impacts: Methods of the Apple Hearing Study. J Acoust Soc Am 2022
  11. Shkembi A, Smith LM, Neitzel RL. Retrospective assessment of the association between noise exposure and nonfatal and fatal injury rates among miners in the United States from 1983 to 2014. Am J Ind Med2022
  12. Rabinowitz PM, Galusha D, Cantley LF, Dixon-Ernst C, Ramirez V, Neitzel RL. Feasibility of a daily noise monitoring intervention for prevention of noise-induced hearing loss. Occup Environ Med 2021
  13. Carlson K, Basu N, Fobil JN, Neitzel RL. Metal Exposures, Noise Exposures, and Audiometry from E-Waste Workers in Agbogbloshie, Ghana. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2021
  14. Bellomo TR, Prasad S, Abou-Hanna J, Talluru S, Xie Y, Wang L, Green GE, Neitzel RL. Characterization of noise exposure in places of worship.Applied Acoustics 2021
  15. Eriksson HP, Söderberg M, Neitzel RL, Torén K, Andersson E. Cardiovascular mortality in a Swedish cohort of female industrial workers exposed to noise and shift work. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 2021
  16. Diong HT, Neitzel RL and Martin WH. Spatial evaluation of environmental noise with the use of participatory sensing system in Singapore. Noise Mapping 2021
  17. Chou S, Arezoomand M, Coulentianos MJ, Nambunmee K, Neitzel RL, Adhvaryu A, Austin-Breneman J. The Stakeholder Agreement Metric (SAM): quantifying preference agreement between product stakeholders. J Mech Design Dec 2020
  18. Jacobs N, Roberts B, Reamer H, McMenamy C, Neitzel RL, Gaffney S. Noise Exposures in Different Community Settings Measured by Traditional Dosimeter and Smartphone App. Appl Acoust 2020
  19. Smith LM, Wang L, Mazur K, Carchia M, DePalma G, Azimi R, Mravca S and Neitzel RL. Impacts of COVID-19-related social distancing measures on personal environmental sound exposures. Environ. Res. Lett 2020 
  20. Neitzel RL, Fligor BJ. Risk of noise-induced hearing loss due to recreational sound: Review and recommendations. J Acoust Soc Am 2019
  21. Roberts B, Neitzel RL. Noise exposure limit for children in recreational settings: Review of available evidence. J Acoust Soc Am 2019
  22. Thepaksorn P, Koizumi A, Harada K, Siriwong W, Neitzel RL. Occupational noise exposure and hearing defects among sawmill workers in the south of Thailand. Int J Occup Saf Ergon 2019
  23. Sayler SK, Rabinowitz PM, Galusha D, Sun K, Neitzel RL. Hearing Protector Attenuation and Noise Exposure Among Metal Manufacturing Workers. Ear Hear 2019
  24. Carlson K, Neitzel RL. Hearing loss, lead (Pb) exposure, and noise: a sound approach to ototoxicity exploration. J Toxicol Environ Health B Crit Rev 2018
  25. Burns KN, Sayler SK, Neitzel RL. Stress, health, noise exposures, and injuries among electronic waste recycling workers in Ghana. J Occup Med Toxicol 2019
  26. Carlson K, Schacht J, Neitzel RL. Assessing ototoxicity due to chronic lead and cadmium intake with and without noise exposure in the mature mouse. J Toxicol Environ Health 2018
  27. Roberts B, Seixas NS, Mukherjee B, Neitzel RL. Evaluating the Risk of Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Using Different Noise Measurement Criteria. Ann Work Expo Health 2018
  28. Thepaksorn P, Siriwong W, Neitzel RL, Somrongthong R, Techasrivichien T. Relationship Between Noise-Related Risk Perception, Knowledge, and the Use of Hearing Protection Devices Among Para Rubber Wood Sawmill Workers. Saf Health Work 2018
  29. Sayler SK, Rabinowitz PM, Cantley LF, Galusha D, Neitzel RL. Costs and effectiveness of hearing conservation programs at 14 US metal manufacturing facilities. Int J Audiol 2018
  30. Rabinowitz P, Cantley LF, Galusha D, Trufan S, Swersey A, Dixon-Ernst C, Ramirez V, Neitzel RL. Assessing Hearing Conservation Program Effectiveness: Results of a Multisite Assessment. J Occup Environ Med 2018
  31. Kerr M, Neitzel RL, Hong OS, Sataloff R. Historical Review of Efforts to Reduce Noise-Induced Hearing Loss in the United States. Am J Ind Med 2017
  32. Hammer MS, Fan Y, Hammer SS, Swinburn TK, Weber M, Weinhold D, Neitzel RL. Applying a novel environmental health framework theory (I-ACT) to noise pollution polices in the United States, United Kingdom, and the Netherlands. J Environ Plan Management 2017
  33. Neitzel RL, Swinburn Tk, Hammer M, Eisenberg D. Economic impact of hearing loss and reduction of noise-induced hearing loss in the United States. J Speech Lang Hearing Res 2017
  34. Tessier-Sherman B, Galusha D, Cantley LF, Cullen MR, Rabinowitz PM, Neitzel RL. Occupational noise exposure and risk of hypertension in an industrial workforce. Am J Ind Med 2017
  35. Burns KN, Sun K, Fobil JN, Neitzel RL. Heart Rate, Stress, and Occupational Noise Exposure among Electronic Waste Recycling Workers. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2016
  36. Klimpel KE, Lee MY, King WM, Raphael Y, Schacht J, Neitzel RL. Vestibular dysfunction in the adult CBA/CaJ mouse after lead and cadmium treatment. Environ Toxicol 2017
  37. Neitzel RL, Long RN, Sun K, Sayler SK, von Thaden TL. Injury Risk and Noise Exposure in Firefighter Training Operations. Ann Occup Hyg 2016
  38. Mosites E, Neitzel RL, Galusha D, Trufan S, Dixon-Ernst C, Rabinowitz P. A comparison of an audiometric screening tool with an in-depth research questionnaire for hearing loss and hearing loss risk factors. Int J Audiol 2016
  39. Roberts B, Kardous C, Neitzel RL. Improving the accuracy of smart devices to measure noise exposure. J Occup Environ Hyg 2016
  40. Swinburn TK, Hammer MS, Neitzel RL. Valuing quiet: An economic assessment of US environment noise as a cardiovascular health hazard. Am J Prev Med 2015
  41. Green A, Jones AD, Sun K, Neitzel RL. The Association between Noise, Cortisol and Heart Rate in a Small-Scale Gold Mining Community-A Pilot Study. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2015
  42. Cantley LF, Galusha D, Cullen MR, Dixon-Ernst C, Rabinowitz PM, Neitzel RL. Association between ambient noise exposure, hearing acuity, and risk of acute occupational injury. Scand J Work Environ Health2014
  43. Hammer MS, Swinburn TK, Neitzel RL. Environmental noise pollution in the United States: developing an effective public health response. Environ Health Perspect 2014
  44. Rabinowitz PM, Galusha D, Dixon-Ernst C, Clougherty JE, Neitzel RL. The dose response relationship between in ear occupational noise exposure and hearing loss. Occup Environ Med 2013
  45. Lewis R, Gershon RRM, Neitzel RL. Estimation of permanent noise-induced hearing loss in an urban setting. Env Sci & Tech 2013
  46. Gershon RRM, Sherman M, Magda L, Riley HEM, Pearson J, McAlexander T, McGovern J, Neitzel RL. Mass transit ridership and self-reported hearing health in an urban population. J Urb Health 2012
  47. Seixas NS, Neitzel RL, Stover B, Sheppard L, Feeney P, Mills D, Kujawa SG. 10-year prospective study of noise exposure and hearing damage among construction workers. Occup Env Med 2012
  48. Seixas N, Goldman B, Sheppard L, Neitzel R, Norton S, Kujawa S. Prospective noise induced changes to hearing among construction industry apprentices.Occup Environ Med 2005
  49. Seixas N, Kujawa S, Norton S, Sheppard L, Neitzel R, Slee A. Predictors of hearing threshold levels and distortion product otoacoustic emissions among noise exposed young adults. Occup Environ Med 2004
  50. Neitzel R, Seixas N, Goldman B, Daniell W. Contributions of non-occupational activities to total noise exposure of construction workers. Ann Occup Hyg 2004