Auditory risk estimates for youth target shooting

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 53, Issue SUPPL.2, 2014, Pages

  Meinke, Deanna K ^a   Murphy, William J ^b   Finan, Donald S ^a   Lankford, James E ^c   Flamme, Gregory A ^d   Stewart, Michael ^e   Soendergaard, Jacob ^f   Jerome, Trevor W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f GRAS Sound and Vibration   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory risk; Firearms; Impulse noise; Noise induced hearing loss; Recreational shooting; Youth

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADOLESCENT; AGE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BODY HEIGHT; BODY POSTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EAR PROTECTIVE DEVICE; FIREARM; HUMAN; NOISE; NOISE INJURY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOUND DETECTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACOUSTICS; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BODY HEIGHT; EAR PROTECTIVE DEVICES; FIREARMS; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; NOISE; POSTURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECREATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY;

EID: 84896283331     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992027.2013.865845     Document Type: Conference Paper

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