Design of a pulse generator and shock tube for measuring hearing protector attenuation of high-amplitude impulsive noise

Applied Acoustics

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 269-286

  Birch, Robert S ^a   Gerges, Samir N ^b   Vergara, Erasmo F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Friedlander pulse; Hearing protection; Impact; Impulse noise; Shock tubea

Indexed keywords

AUDITION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; INSERTION LOSSES; NOISE ABATEMENT; PULSE GENERATORS; SHOCK TUBES;

HEARING PROTECTOR;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

EID: 0037353711     PISSN: 0003682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-682X(02)00088-9     Document Type: Article

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