Influence of a wearer's voice on noise dosimeter measurements

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1183-1193

  Ryherd, Steven ^a   Kleiner, Mendel ^a   Waye, Kerstin Persson ^b   Ryherd, Erica E ^c  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC CONDITIONS; ACOUSTIC ENVIRONMENT; NOISE DOSIMETER; NOISE ENVIRONMENTS; NOISE EXPOSURE; NOISE LEVELS; NOISE TYPES; PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL; SOUND SOURCE; WORKPLACE SAFETY;

DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; NOISE POLLUTION;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NOISE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SPEECH; VOICE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDIOMETRY; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NOISE; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SPEECH; VOICE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857407317     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3675941     Document Type: Article

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