Lynn W. Henselman, Ph.D. to receive National Hearing Conservation Association’s Media Award on behalf of the DOD Hearing Center of Excellence
The Media Award was established to recognize the efforts of writers and/or producers of news features that serve to heighten public awareness of the hazards of noise. The National Hearing Conservation Association is pleased to announce this year’s winner of the NHCA Media Award: The Department of Defense Hearing Center of Excellence (DOD HCE), Comprehensive Hearing Health Program (CHHP) for exceptional outreach and multimedia work that serves to heighten public awareness of the hazards of noise.
The DOD established the HCE to focus on the prevention, diagnosis, mitigation, treatment and rehabilitation of hearing loss and auditory injury. The HCE was legislated by Congress in the fiscal year 2009 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and was directed to partner with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), institutions of higher education and other appropriate public and private entities.