A Little Song About Noise
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Historic video collection of Mark Catlin
Videos
- A Little Song About Noise
- Carelessness Causes Accidents We all Know That
- Blaming the Victims of Workplace Accidents
- Trench Collapse Hazard
- Construction Workers Recall Working Around Asbestos
- Asbestos in building construction
- Uses of Asbestos: Examples from the 50s and 60s
- Testing an Asbestos Suit
- Canary used for testing for carbon monoxide
- Carbon Monoxide Death in an Underground Copper Mine
- Lead Exposure at the Bunker Hill Mine and Smelter
- Lead Palsy Wrist Drop
- Mold Problems after Flooding
- Radioactive Contaminated Turtles
- Decontamination after an Atomic Blast
- Radiological Site Cleanup Health and Safety Preservation Aviation Cleanup
- The Campaign to End Silicosis
- Fire Safety in a Paint Shop
- Painting Health Hazards and Their Control
- Proper Posture
- Hand Arm Vibration Hazard Alice Hamilton
- Vibration Hazards and Control
- Man and Sound 1965 DOD
- Boilermaker's Ear
- Trench Collapse Hazard
- Application of Built Up Asbestos Roofing
- Canary used for testing for carbon monoxide
- Lead Properties and Uses
- Preventing Lead Poisoning in Bridge Construction Workers
- Childhood Lead Hazard Pioneer Researcher Herbert Needleman, MD
- Spray Painting Hazards and Air Line Respirator
Summary Statement
Every year, approximately 30 million people in the United States are occupationally exposed to hazardous noise. Fortunately, the incidence of noise-induced hearing loss can be reduced or eliminated through the successful application of engineering controls and hearing conservation programs. For more information, go to OSHA's website, Noise and Hearing Conservation, http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/noisehearingconservation/index.html . Using songs and rhyme to help with learning and recall has been done for generations. It is well established that setting words to music can improve recall of those words. This is particularly true when the resulting song is heard more than once and includes rhymes, an easy-to-sing melody, and a consistent rhythm. Furthermore, musical cues can trigger the recall of unique information that is difficult to retrieve using nonmusical cues. Songs can thus facilitate the retention of facts that simply need to be memorized. Music has other potential educational benefits as well. There is preliminary evidence that regular music practice improves mathematical and spatial reasoning skills as well as overall IQ. Music may create a classroom climate conducive to learning by reducing stress levels and putting students at ease. Finally, if the music is both enjoyable to the students and relevant to the material they are studying, it may spark students' interest in that material. For more on the use of songs in teaching, especially science, read Greg Crowther's article to Learning to the Beat of a Different Drum
2005
