Output levels of commercially available portable compact disc players and the potential risk to hearing

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 513-527

  Fligor, Brian J ^a,c   Cox, L Clarke ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPACT DISK; MICROCOMPUTER; MUSIC; NOISE INJURY; NOISE REDUCTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SAFETY; SOUND PRESSURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; WHITE NOISE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AMPLIFIERS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COMMERCE; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MUSIC; NOISE; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 10044265250     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003446-200412000-00001     Document Type: Article

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