Noise dosimeter for monitoring exposure to impulse noise

Applied Acoustics

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 974-985

  Kardous, Chucri A ^a   Willson, Robert D ^a   Murphy, William J ^a  

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

Author keywords

Impulse noise; New design; Noise dosimeter

Indexed keywords

AUDITION; CALCULATIONS; DATA REDUCTION; DESIGN; DOSIMETERS; MICROPHONES; TAPE RECORDERS;

METRICES; NEW DESIGN; NOISE DOSIMETER; THRESHOLD SHIFTS;

IMPULSE NOISE;

EID: 18144425159     PISSN: 0003682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2004.11.007     Document Type: Article

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