A-weighted equivalents of permissible ambient noise during audiometric testing

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1978, Pages 1633-1635

  Killion, M C ^a   Studebaker, G A ^a  

^a Industrial Research Products ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NOISE, ACOUSTIC;

AUDITION;

AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY SYSTEM; DIAGNOSIS; HEAD PHONE; METHODOLOGY; SOUND LEVEL MEASUREMENT; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY;

EID: 0017968532     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.381862     Document Type: Letter

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