Respirator performance ratings for speech intelligibility

American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 257-260

  Coyne, Karen M ^a   Johnson, Arthur T ^a,b   Yeni Komshian, Grace H ^a   Dooly, Cathryn R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Respirators; Speech and hearing; Speech intelligibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; RATING SCALE; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; VENTILATOR;

EID: 0031959309     PISSN: 00028894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15428119891010523     Document Type: Article

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