Since the establishment of the Federal Highway regulatory system, people with specific disabilities have been excluded from driving in interstate trucking for public safety reasons. Persons with severe hearing loss have been one group prohibited from operating commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) in interstate activity. This restriction is now being re-evaluated by the Office of Motor Carriers. In the report, a literature review of hearing and driving is presented; examining the role of hearing in the driving task, noise levels in truck cabs, hearing loss in truck drivers, the relationship between hearing loss and accidents, hearing screening tests, and existing hearing standards in force in the individual states and several foreign nations. An assessment of the estimated risk that might be associated with licensing hearing-impaired drivers follows, as well as an evaluation of the currents means for testing hearing in the CMV context and a summary of a workshop on hearing disorders and commercial driving.
Hearing Disorders and Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers (Revised)
1993
168 pages
Report
No indication
English
Road Transportation , Transportation Safety , Professional drivers , Auditory defects , Regulations , Deaf drivers , Truck drivers , Deaf persons , Auditory perception , Motor vehicle accidents , Accident prevention , Highway safety , Hearing disorders , Hearing tests , Standards , Risk assessment , Noise-induced hearing loss
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