Development of a new standard laboratory protocol for estimating the field attenuation of hearing protection devices. Part I. Research of Working Group 11, Accredited Standards Committee S12, Noise

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1506-1526

  Royster, Julia Doswell ^a   Berger, Elliott H ^b   Merry, Carol J ^c   Nixon, Charles W ^d   Franks, John R ^c   Behar, Alberto ^e   Casali, John G ^f   Dixon Ernst, Christine ^g   Kieper, Ronald W ^b   Mozo, Ben T ^h   Ohlin, Doug ⁱ   Royster, Larry H ^j  

^a Environ Noise Consultants Inc   (United States)

^b EARCAL Laboratory   (United States)

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

^d AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e Behar Noise Control   (Canada)

^f VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g ALCOA INC   (United States)

^h U S ARMY AEROMEDICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ U S ARMY CENTER FOR HEALTH PROMOTION AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE   (United States)

^j NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EAR PROTECTION; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 9044240050     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.414729     Document Type: Article

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