Hearing Protection

Seminars in Hearing

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 345-354

  Chasin, Marshall ^a,b   Behar, Alberto ^a  

^a Musicians' Clinics of Canada   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attenuation; ER 15; Hearing protector; Noise; NRR

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICAL TEXT FIXTURE; ACOUSTICS; ATTENUATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EAR PROTECTION; HEARING; HEARING AID; MICROPHONE; MICROPHONE IN REAL EAR; NOISE; NOISE REDUCTION; NOISE REDUCTION RATING; RATING SCALE; REAL EAR ATTENUATION THRESHOLD; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SOUND; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0347383910     PISSN: 07340451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-815548     Document Type: Review

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