Quiet, please! Noise hurts much more than our ears
An article in Scientific American explores the many impacts of noise on our physical and mental health. U-M researcher Rick Neitzel, who leads the Apple Hearing Study, is among the experts who discuss the impacts of noise on health and well-being and what people can do to lessen their noise exposure.
Exposure Research Lab works to help informal e-waste recyclers
Discarded laptops, smartphones, and other forms of e-waste contain substances that are harmful to people and the environment. Globally, an unknown amount of e-waste is recycled informally, often in people’s homes, without occupational and environmental safeguards. The Exposure Research Lab has been studying how to make this informal recycling work safer.
Michigan Public Health ranks among top 5 schools of public health
The University of Michigan School of Public Health has been ranked #5 in a national list of the best public health schools. U.S. News and World Report also issued new rankings of five specialty fields within public health: biostatistics, environmental health sciences, epidemiology, health policy and management, and social and behavioral sciences.
Xin Zhang selected for prestigious Johns Hopkins mentoring program
PhD candidate Xin Zhang was selected to participate in the Johns Hopkins Cochlear Center Hearing and Aging Mentoring Program. The program brings together students early in their doctoral training from audiologic, medicine, and public health programs for an intensive, multidisciplinary program each summer.
Workers in different industries describe the impact of hearing loss
Workers are often exposed to hearing hazards, including loud noise and chemicals that can damage hearing. These exposures can lead to hearing problems including hearing loss and ringing in the ears, or tinnitus. In two new videos, workers describe the impact of hearing loss on their quality of life.
Reducing noise pollution can help protect physical health
In observance of World Hearing Day, held this year on March 3, U-M Professor Rick Neitzel talks about ways noise pollution can affect your physical health, and how we can keep our ears and hearing safe.
US Dept of Labor renews regional program to protect workers from hearing loss
The U.S. Department of Labor announced recently that it has renewed a regional emphasis program to focus inspections in three mid-Atlantic states and the District of Columbia on industries with high levels of workplace noise, which can contribute to worker hearing loss.
COHSE receives $9 million NIOSH grant to fund education and training
The Center for Occupational Health and Safety Engineering (COHSE), housed within the U-M School of Public Health, has received a five-year, $9 million grant from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to continue its pivotal role in training the future generation of occupational health professionals.
Investigating the biological effects of chronic exposure to moderate noise
A new study has found that chronic exposure to moderate levels of noise can cause anxiety-like behaviors in rodents. Researchers studied the behaviors through changes to the amygdala, part of the brain’s emotion-processing system.
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