Sound exposure of professional orchestral musicians during solitary practice

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2748-2754

  O'Brien, Ian ^a   Driscoll, Tim ^b   Ackermann, Bronwen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT; HEARING PROTECTION; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; NOISE EXPOSURE; NOISE-INDUCED HEARING LOSS; SOUND EXPOSURE; SOUND EXPOSURE LEVELS; SOUND LEVEL;

ACOUSTIC NOISE; AUDITION; NOISE POLLUTION; POPULATION STATISTICS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

ACOUSTIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EAR PROTECTIVE DEVICE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; MUSIC; NOISE INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRESSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOUND; TIME;

ACOUSTICS; EAR PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; MUSIC; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRESSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOUND; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84885396320     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.4820900     Document Type: Article

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