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Symposium on ear diseases. IV. Occupational hearing loss — recent guidelines and statutes of interest to the otolaryngologist

Recent federal and state guidelines for permissible noise exposure levels have created renewed interest in the industrial noise problem. The purpose of this presentation is to review the provisions of the noise criteria, to discuss the role of the otologist, and to call attention to areas of inconsistency and conflict in the medical legal evaluation of hearing loss claims.