Effects of training on hearing protector attenuation

Noise and Health

Volumn 13, Issue 51, 2011, Pages 132-141

  Murphy, William J ^a   Stephenson, Mark R ^a   Byrne, David C ^a   Witt, Brad ^b   Duran, Jesse ^b  

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

^b Sperian Hearing Protection LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Hearing protection device; noise reduction rating statistic for A weighting (NRS A ); repeatability and reproducibility; training effects

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; NOISE INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

AUDIOMETRY; EAR PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (U.S.); NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEACHING MATERIALS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79957644641     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: 19984030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1463-1741.77215     Document Type: Article

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