A study of hearing damage caused by personal MP3 players

Audio Engineering Society - 123rd Audio Engineering Society Convention 2007

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 211-217

  Farina, Adriano ^a  

^a Liceo Ginnasio Statale GD Romagnosi   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUMMY HEAD; HEARING DAMAGE; HIGH SCHOOL; MP-3 PLAYERS; PERSONAL DEVICES; RISK THRESHOLD; SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL;

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

SOFTWARE TESTING;

EID: 84866483372     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (6)

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6. Steve Temme, Pascal Brunet, Zachary Rimkunas "The Challenges of MP3 Player Testing" - 122 AES Convention, Vienna, 5-8 May 2007.