John Eichwald is an audiologist within the Office of Science in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center for Environmental Health, working on non-occupational noise induced hearing loss. John has over 40 years’ experience in the field of Audiology. He has published extensively and made numerous presentations on the early identification of hearing loss in newborns and most recently the prevention of non-occupational noise induced hearing loss. Prior to CDC, he spent nearly 20 years at the Utah Department of Health serving in both clinical practice and administrative positions.