Noise exposure reduction for orchestral musicians

Acoustics Australia

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 73-74

  William, W ^a   Stewart, G ^a  

^a NATIONAL ACOUSTIC LABORATORIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION PERFORMANCE; HEAD POSITION; MICROPHONE POSITIONS; NOISE EXPOSURE; PRODUCTION MODELS; SOUND SOURCE; TEST NOISE; WIDE-BAND;

MICROPHONES; NOISE POLLUTION;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

EID: 80052814119     PISSN: 08146039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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