Effects of earplugs and protective headgear on auditory localization ability in the horizontal plane

Human Factors

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 282-294

  Vause, Nancy L ^a   Grantham, D Wesley ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC POLYAMIDE;

ARTICLE; DEVICE; DIRECTIONAL HEARING; EAR PROTECTION; HELMET; NOISE REDUCTION; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SOLDIER; SOUND DETECTION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EAR PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SOUND LOCALIZATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032802999     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872099779591213     Document Type: Article

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