Improving the Assessment of Noise Exposure and Warning Signal Audibility: Improving the Assessment of Noise Exposure and Warning Signal Audibility on Construction Sites

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• Alternative Title:
  Using Building Information Modeling in Residential Renovation :
• Personal Author:
  Panthi, Kamalesh ; Gharipour, Mohammad ; Attarzadeh, Meghdad
• Corporate Authors:
  CPWR--The Center for Construction Research and Training ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Improving the Assessment of Noise Exposure and Warning Signal Audibility on Construction Sites. Nikolina Samardzic, Aslihan Karatas, Behzad Esmaeili. CPWR Small Study, 2023.
  
  "Fifty-one percent of construction workers are
  
  exposed to hazardous noise that can cause
  
  permanent noise-induced hearing loss, and 52%
  
  do not wear a hearing protection device. Hearing
  
  loss could be reduced more effectively with
  
  more accurate measurements of noise exposure,
  
  but common occupational noise exposure
  
  measurement devices are single-channel noise
  
  dosimeters worn on a worker’s shoulder that are
  
  not advanced enough to capture and analyze
  
  complex sounds that threaten workers’ hearing.
  
  This project examined a more accurate noise exposure and warning signal audibility assessment by using binaural (two-ear) measurements, which are similar to human hearing. Developing this measurement would pave the way for more effective noise characterization and hearing loss prevention, as well as helping workers better identify audio warnings. The researchers obtained binaural measurements with volunteer workers on a mixed-use development construction site and conducted an acoustic perception study in a laboratory with human participants.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Hearing Loss Lung Neoplasms Middle Aged Occupational Diseases Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Pneumoconiosis Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive Risk Factors
• Series:
  CPWR - Center for Construction Research and Training Publications
• Subseries:
  Key Findings from Research
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  production of this document was supported by cooperative agreement OH 009762 from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Pages in Document:
  1 unnumbered page
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:na
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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