Investigation of hearing protection effects in an extreme noise environment with an alarm location problem

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 685-693

  Lee, Jun Seok ^a   Kong, Dongjoon ^a  

^a University of Tennessee   (United States)

Author keywords

Alarm location problem; Auditory warning device; Hearing loss prevention; Hearing protection device; Nonlinear model

Indexed keywords

ALARM SYSTEMS; EAR PROTECTORS; HEALTH CARE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ALARM LOCATION PROBLEM; AUDITORY WARNING DEVICE; HEARING LOSS PREVENTION; HEARING PROTECTION DEVICE; NONLINEAR MODELS;

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES CONTROL;

ALARM MONITORING; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEVICE; EAR PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EQUIPMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEARING; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; MACHINE; MODEL; NOISE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 33746293039     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2006.04.008     Document Type: Article

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