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Hearing Protector Attenuation

Hearing Protector Attenuation is the reduction in sound energy achieved by a hearing protection device, expressed as the difference between the incident noise level and the attenuated noise level reaching the ear, typically quantified in decibels under standardized testing conditions.

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Attenuation Of Hearing Protectors

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107

Isolating the auditory system from acoustic noise during functional magnetic resonance imaging: Examination of noise conduction through the ear canal, head, and body

Michael E. Ravicz, Jennifer R. Melcher · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 2001 · 108 citations

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Hearing protection: Surpassing the limits to attenuation imposed by the bone-conduction pathways

Elliott H. Berger, Ronald W. Kieper, Dan Gauger · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 2003 · 99 citations

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Hearing Protectors Acceptability in Noisy Environments

Pedro Arezes, A. Sérgio Miguel · The Annals of Occupational Hygiene · 2002 · 86 citations

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Development of a new standard laboratory protocol for estimating the field attenuation of hearing protection devices. Part III. The validity of using subject-fit data

Elliott H. Berger, John R. Franks, Alberto Behar et al. · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 1998 · 78 citations · Full text

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Influence of physiological noise and the occlusion effect on the measurement of real-ear attenuation at threshold

E. H. Berger, J. E. Kerivan · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 1983 · 77 citations

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Authors

238

  1. EH
    Elliott H. Berger

    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, United States

    11 publications · 362 citations

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  2. JV
    Jérémie Voix

    École de Technologie Supérieure, Canada

    9 publications · 240 citations

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  3. JG
    John G. Casali

    Virginia Tech, United States

    7 publications · 219 citations

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  4. AB
    Alberto Behar

    International Monetary Fund, United States

    7 publications · 202 citations

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  5. WJ
    William J. Murphy

    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, United States

    7 publications · 171 citations

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Institutions

94

  1. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

    Washington D.C., United States

    12 h-index

    34 publications

    1K citations

  2. Virginia Tech

    Blacksburg, United States

    10 h-index

    15 publications

    463 citations

  3. Finnish Institute of Occupational Health

    Helsinki, Finland

    8 h-index

    14 publications

    344 citations

  4. École de Technologie Supérieure

    Montreal, Canada

    5 h-index

    12 publications

    435 citations

  5. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    134 citations

  6. United States Army Aeromedical Research Lab

    Fort Rucker, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    173 citations

  7. Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention

    Nanjing, China

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    167 citations

  8. Alcoa (United States)

    New York, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    137 citations

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Venues

  1. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

    JASA · 23 publications · 836 citations

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  2. Noise and Health

    12 publications · 347 citations

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  3. Applied Acoustics

    6 publications · 79 citations

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  4. International Journal of Audiology

    6 publications · 143 citations

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  5. Scandinavian Audiology

    5 publications · 142 citations

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