Prediction of the attenuation of a filtered custom earplug

Applied Acoustics

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 935-944

  Voix, Jérémie ^a   Laville, Frédéric ^a  

^a ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Earplug; Field measurement; Hearing protection device; Noise control; Passive filter

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES CONTROL; ARCHITECTURAL ACOUSTICS; DAMPING; EAR PROTECTORS; ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MINING EQUIPMENT; PASSIVE FILTERS;

ATTENUATION MEASUREMENTS; EARPLUG; EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATIONS; FIELD MEASUREMENT; HEARING PROTECTION DEVICE; HUMAN SUBJECTS; NOISE CONTROL; PREDICTION METHODS; RESISTIVE ELEMENTS; SOUND ENERGIES; SOUND TRANSMISSIONS; TEST FIXTURES;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 63049125153     PISSN: 0003682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2008.12.004     Document Type: Article

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