Occupational health agencies, researchers, and policy makers have recognized the need for evidence on the effectiveness of interventions designed to reduce or prevent workplace injuries and illnesses. While many workplaces comply with legal or obligatory requirements and implement recommended interventions, few publications exist documenting the effectiveness of these actions. Additionally, some workplaces have discovered through their own processes, novel ways to reduce the risk of injury. Peer-reviewed information on the effectiveness of the many strategies and approaches currently in use could help correct weaknesses, or further encourage their adoption and expansion. The evaluation of intervention effectiveness would certainly contribute to improved worker health and safety. This need is particularly relevant regarding noise exposure in the workplace and hearing loss prevention interventions. In a 2006 review of the U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Hearing Loss Research Program, the independent National Academies of Sciences recommended that NIOSH place greater emphasis on identifying the effectiveness of hearing loss prevention measures on the basis of outcomes that are as closely related as possible to reducing noise exposure and work-related hearing loss (http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=11721). NIOSH used two different approaches to address that recommendation: the first one was to conduct research, including broad systematic reviews on the effectiveness of interventions to prevent occupational noise-induced hearing loss. The second was to create an award program, the Safe-In-Sound Excellence in Hearing Loss Prevention Award\(^{\mathrm{TM}}\), to identify and honor excellent real-world examples of noise control and other hearing loss prevention practices and innovations.

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发现预防听力损失的有效策略。

职业卫生机构，研究人员和政策制定者已经认识到需要证据证明旨在减少或预防工作场所伤害和疾病的干预措施的有效性。尽管许多工作场所都遵守法律或强制性要求并执行建议的干预措施，但很少有出版物记录这些行动的有效性。此外，一些工作场所通过自己的过程发现了减少伤害风险的新颖方法。经过同行评审的有关当前使用的许多策略和方法的有效性的信息可以帮助纠正弱点，或者进一步鼓励弱点的采用和扩展。对干预效果的评估肯定会有助于改善工人的健康和安全。对于工作场所的噪声暴露和预防听力损失的干预措施，这一需求尤其重要。在2006年美国国家职业安全与健康研究院（NIOSH）听力损失研究计划的审查中，独立的美国国家科学院建议NIOSH更加重视根据以下结果确定听力损失预防措施的有效性：与减少噪音暴露和与工作有关的听力损失密切相关（http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=11721）。NIOSH使用两种不同的方法来满足该建议：第一种是进行研究，包括对预防职业噪声引起的听力损失的干预措施的有效性进行广泛的系统评价。第二个是创建一个奖励计划，\（^ {\ mathrm {TM}} \），以识别并表扬在噪声控制以及其他听力损失预防实践和创新方面的出色实例。