Relationship between comfort and attenuation measurements for two types of earplugs
| Autor: | Burgundy M Specht, Rickie R. Davis, Peter B. Shaw, Amy N Holland, David C. Byrne |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Male Linear mixed effect model medicine.medical_specialty Hearing loss Audiology Prosthesis Design Hearing protection lcsh:RC963-969 Speech and Hearing Prosthesis fitting Occupational Exposure Prosthesis Fitting Surveys and Questionnaires otorhinolaryngologic diseases Humans Medicine Ear Protective Devices Prosthesis design business.industry Noise (signal processing) Attenuation Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health fit-testing Middle Aged lcsh:Otorhinolaryngology lcsh:RF1-547 Comfort Occupational Diseases Hearing Loss Noise-Induced Otorhinolaryngology Linear Models Noise Occupational lcsh:Industrial medicine. Industrial hygiene Female hearing protector medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Noise and Health, Vol 13, Iss 51, Pp 86-92 (2011) |
| ISSN: | 1463-1741 |
| DOI: | 10.4103/1463-1741.77193 |
| Popis: | Noise-induced hearing loss is almost always preventable if properly fitted hearing protectors are worn to reduce exposure. Many individuals choose not to wear hearing protection because it may interfere with effective communication in the workplace or it may be uncomfortable. Hearing protector comfort has not received the same amount of attention as noise reduction capability. The present study was conducted to evaluate the comfort level of two different types of insert earplugs as well as the attenuation levels achieved by the earplugs. Attenuation levels were obtained with a commercially available earplug fit-test system, and the comfort ratings were obtained by questionnaire. The primary research objective was to determine whether hearing protector comfort was related to measured attenuation values. A linear mixed effects model provided evidence for an inverse relationship between comfort and attenuation. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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