Council For Accreditation In Occupational Hearing Conservation (CAOHC) Appoints New Council Member

MILWAUKEE - June 17, 2014 - PRLog -- MAJ Harvey Dean Hudson II, AuD, Chief, Army Hearing Program in Fort Stewart, GA, was recently appointed to serve as a CAOHC Council Member representing the Military Audiology Association (MAA). MAJ Hudson began his five year term in May and will work with other Council members to provide guidance on issues and procedures related to occupational hearing conservation, within the military and civilian work force population.

CAOHC is a professional organization dedicated to advancing best practices in occupational hearing conservation world wide. In addition to MAA, the CAOHC Council is comprised of representatives from: American Association of Occupational Health Nurses (AAOHN), American Academy of Audiology (AAA), American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS), American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM), American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA), American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), and the Institute of Noise Control Engineering (INCE).

MAJ Hudson is Chief, Fort Stewart Army Hearing Program. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1985. Upon leaving active duty in 1991, he continued to serve as a military policeman in the Michigan National Guard. MAJ Hudson was commissioned into the U.S. Air Force in 2000. He served as a staff audiologist and Chief of the AF Audiology Fellowship program while assigned to the 59^th Medical Wing, Lackland AFB, and later returned to the Wing as Audiology Flight Commander. MAJ Hudson also served as Acoustics Program Manager, Plans and Programs Executive Officer and Deputy Chief of the Warfighter Interface Division while assigned to the Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB. He transferred to the U.S. Army in 2012.

In addition to serving as a CAOHC Council Member, MAJ Hudson is a member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, the American Auditory Society, the National Hearing Conservation Association and the Military Audiology Association.

For more information about the CAOHC Council and the component organizations that make up CAOHC, please visit caohc.org.

About The Council for Accreditation in Occupational Hearing Conservation (CAOHC):

For 40 years, CAOHC has continued promote hearing loss prevention by enhancing the quality of occupational hearing loss prevention practices. For more information, contact CAOHC Administrative Office at (414) 276-5338, info@caohc.org, or visit www.caohc.org.