11/07/2023: Evaluating United States Air Force Hearing Conservation Educational Materials

Recorded on Tuesday, November 7, 2023

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Evaluating United States Air Force Hearing Conservation Educational Materials

About the webinar:

Hearing loss and tinnitus are the two most prevalent service-connected disabilities affecting United States veterans as of 2022. The United States Department of Defense protects Airmen from noise-induced hearing loss using various approaches across the spectrum of NIOSH’s Hierarchy of Controls, to include hearing conservation programs and training. However, each of the service branches are allowed to execute their hearing conservation programs and training as they see fit, so long as they keep to federal and Department of Defense regulations. This presentation will describe the evaluation of hearing conservation educational materials from active-duty, continental United States Air Force bases.

Learning Objectives

At the completion of this activity, the learner will be able to:

  • Discuss the utility in evaluating educational materials as an Industrial Hygienist

  • Identify various tools that can be used to evaluate educational materials

  • Summarize results after evaluation tools are used on targeted educational materials

Speaker: Major Thomas Dominguez, MS, RSO, LSO

Major Thomas Dominguez is an active-duty Bioenvironmental Engineer in the United States Air Force pursuing a doctoral degree in Occupational and Environmental Health at the University of Utah. Maj Dominguez chose to serve as an Airman after graduating from Baylor University with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering in 2010 and has subsequently earned a Master of Science in Industrial Hygiene from the Air Force Institute of Technology in 2016. He has taught hundreds of Airmen as a career field instructor, mentored as a consultant, protected as an installation radiation/laser safety officer, and led as a flight commander over his 13-year career.

ACCREDITATION

The Center for Occupational and Environmental Health designates this activity for a maximum of 1.0 Contact Hour. Participants should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

Certificates of Completion

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ACCESSIBILITY:

If you require an accommodation for effective communication (ASL interpreting/CART captioning, alternative media formats, etc.) to fully participate in this event, please contact Michelle Meyer at (510) 642-8365 or mmeyer@berkeley.edu(link sends e-mail) with as much advance notice as possible and at least 7-10 days in advance of the event.

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ABOUT The Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (RMCOEH)

The Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (RMCOEH) was established in 1977 to meet the need for comprehensive occupational and environmental safety and health programs in the West. We are one of 18 National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)-sponsored Education and Research Centers in the U.S., and one of only two in the Department of Health and Human Services’ Region 8, which includes Utah, Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Wyoming. (Our reach also extends into Idaho and Nevada.)