Noise exposure levels for musicians during rehearsal and performance times

Medical Problems of Performing Artists

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-36

  McIlvaine, Devon ^a   Stewart, Michael ^a   Anderson, Robert ^b  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOLOGIST; BASS; CREW MEMBER; DOSIMETRY; EAR PROTECTIVE DEVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MUSICIAN; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SOUND LEVEL MEASUREMENT; ADULT; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; NOISE INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOUND; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOUND;

EID: 84861516067     PISSN: 08851158     EISSN: 19382766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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