Improvement of occupational noise-induced temporary threshold shift by active noise control earmuff and bone conduction microphone

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 414-420

  Horie, Seichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Active noise control; Bone conduction; Earmuff; Hearing protection; Speech intelligibility; Temporary threshold shift

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BONE CONDUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; EAR PROTECTION; HUMAN; MALE; MICROPHONE; NOISE REDUCTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RATING SCALE; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0036866568     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.44.414     Document Type: Article

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