Expanding upon the support provided by currently funded research grants, the supplement provides a means by which promising minority research trainees can gain training to enhance their research careers. We anticipate that the results of this assessment will help to better determine predictors for success. Ten million Americans have already suffered irreversible damage from noise, and thirty million are exposed to dangerous levels of noise each day. Exposure to harmful sounds causes damage to the sensitive hair cells of the inner ear, eventually affecting hearing. The campaign is designed to reach minority individuals as identified by specific occupational or recreational risk.
Many materials are available in Spanish.
This is a collaborative effort with the NIH Office of Hispanic Communication.