The sound intensity and characteristics of variable-pitch pulse oximeters

Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 199-207

  Yamanaka, Hiroo ^a,b   Haruna, Junichi ^b   Mashimo, Takashi ^a   Akita, Takeshi ^c   Kinouchi, Keiko ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH   (Japan)

^c TOKYO DENKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alarm sound; Annoyance; Loudness level; Noise induced hearing loss; Pitch; Sleep disturbance; Variable pitch pulse oximeter

Indexed keywords

AUDITION; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL EQUIPMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISKS; PRESSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

AUDIBLE SIGNALS; HEALTH EFFECTS; HEARING LOSSES; MEDICAL DEVICES; PULSE OXIMETER; PULSE OXIMETERS; SOUND INTENSITY; SOUND LEVELS; SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL (SPL); WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO);

OXIMETERS;

ANNOYANCE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HEARING LOSS; LOUDNESS; NOISE MEASUREMENT; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETER; PULSE OXIMETRY; SLEEP DISORDER; SOUND INTENSITY; SOUND PRESSURE;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; OXIMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY;

EID: 45849096067     PISSN: 13871307     EISSN: 15732614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10877-008-9125-0     Document Type: Article

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