On the Performance of Hearing Protectors in Impulsive Noise

Applied Acoustics

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 165-181

  Smeatham, D ^a   Wheeler, P D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; AUDITION; EAR PROTECTORS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; MILITARY APPLICATIONS;

HEARING PROTECTORS; IMPULSE NOISE;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

EID: 0032099574     PISSN: 0003682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-682X(96)00026-6     Document Type: Article

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