Alternative field methods for measuring hearing protector performance

American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 501-509

  Franks, John R ^a   Murphy, William J ^a   Harris, Dave A ^b   Johnson, Jennifer L ^c   Shaw, Peter B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c Department of Occupational Health and Epidemiology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Hearing; Hearing protectors; Noise; Real ear attenuation atthreshold (REAT)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; AUDIOMETRY; BONE CONDUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; EAR PROTECTION; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NOISE REDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RELIABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDIOMETRY; EAR PROTECTIVE DEVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0041965932     PISSN: 15428117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15428110308984846     Document Type: Article

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