Experimental validation of the objective measurement of individual earplug field performance

EURONOISE 2006 - The 6th European Conference on Noise Control: Advanced Solutions for Noise Control

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Voix, Jérémie ^a   Hager, Lee D ^a   Zeidan, Jean ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN IMMUNOLOGY AND CANCER   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; FIELD PERFORMANCE; OBJECTIVE MEASUREMENT;

MICROPHONES;

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES CONTROL;

EID: 84872496212     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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