Host: Western Michigan Industrial Hygiene Society
Tuesday, November 17, 2026
Virtual Zoom Meeting 9am – 12pm
Cost: Members of WMASSP/WMIHS/MIHS: $15.00 per person
Non-members: $25.00 per person
Students: Free
Register and pay by credit card at www.wmihs.org by Monday, November 16.
This PDC will cover the Principles of Good Practice for preventing hearing loss in the workplace, which remains one of the most common occupational diseases in the US and worldwide and costs the US economy billions of dollars each year. The PDC will have three major components:
- Foundations and good practices for EHS professionals. These include topics such as appropriate tools for noise exposure assessment, relevant recommended and regulatory exposure limits, an overview of the quantitative risk of hearing loss from noise, and a live demonstration of noise control effectiveness.
- Emerging topics related to noise and how to effectively address them in workplace hearing loss prevention programs. Attendees will learn about the ramifications of environmental noise on workers, how to communicate noise risks to workers, how to potentially employ wearable data on noise exposure, available hearing protection fit-testing technologies, and ototoxic agents in the workplace.
- US/Canada Job Exposure Matrix for Occupational Noise as well as several Shiny apps that allow users to explore the associations between noise and injuries and other noise-related factors.
Attendees will leave the PDC with tools and practices that will help them better protect their workers from noise and associated impacts.
Benjamin Roberts, MPH, PhD, CIH-Managing Risk Scientist, Benchmark Risk Group
Dr. Roberts is the current chair of the Council for Accreditation in Occupational Hearing Conservation (CAOHC), a member of the Physical Agents Committee for the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienist (ACGIH) and a past chair of the American Industrial Hygiene (AIHA) Noise Committee. He has authored 24 peer-reviewed articles, 3 book chapters, and a World Health Organization Monograph, many relating to the topic of assessing occupational noise exposure to improve the prediction of noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL).
Ethan Hall-Senior Associate Risk Scientist, Benchmark Risk Group
Mr. Ethan Hall obtained a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology from Michigan State University in 2022. Mr. Hall’s primary areas of training and expertise include microbiology, exposure reconstruction, and risk assessment. His professional interests include airborne exposure science and epidemiology. In his current role, he is routinely involved in managing and providing litigation support and conducting literature reviews, primarily regarding chemical exposures within the industrial and consumer product settings.
Sara Zentner-Associate Risk Scientist, Benchmark Risk Group
Ms. Sara Zentner completed her Bachelor of Science in Biology with a certificate in Environmental Studies from the university of Wisconsin – Madison. She completed her Master of Public Health in Environmental Health from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, with an emphasis in toxicology and risk assessment. Ms. Zentner’s primary areas of training and expertise reside in toxicology and risk assessment, exposure sciences, environmental and occupational epidemiology, and pathophysiology of human disease.
Register and pay by credit card at www.wmihs.org by Monday, November 16.
After payment, the link to the presentation will be listed on the confirmation page. It will also be in the receipt you receive via email. If you don’t see the link before the meeting or have problems registering, please contact me at bwisniewski@myairlife.com