Custom-molded earplug performance: A retrospective study

Scandinavian Audiology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1980, Pages 113-117

  Smith, C R ^a   Wilmoth, J N ^a   Borton, T E ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY SYSTEM; AUDITORY THRESHOLD SHIFT; EARPLUG; METHODOLOGY; NOISE; PREVENTION; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EAR PROTECTIVE DEVICES; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEXTILES;

EID: 0018825607     PISSN: 01050397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01050398009076344     Document Type: Article

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