New method and device for customizing in situ a hearing protector

Canadian Acoustics - Acoustique Canadienne

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 86-87

  Voix, Jérémie ^a   Laville, Frédéric ^a  

^a ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FILTERED EARPLUGS; HEARING PROTECTORS; NOISE REDUCTION (NR) MEASUREMENTS; REAL EAR ATTENUATION AT THRESHOLD (REAT);

ACOUSTIC NOISE; EARPHONES; MICROPHONES; NOISE ABATEMENT; PRESSURE EFFECTS; RUBBER PRODUCTS; SILICONES; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

HEARING AIDS;

EID: 7044239477     PISSN: 07116659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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