Noise Dosimeters

Details

• Personal Author:
  Kardous CA
• Description:
  Noise-induced hearing loss is one of the most prevalent occupational illnesses in the world, but it is also the most preventable. Noise dosimeters have been used extensively over the past two decades to document noise exposures and ensure compliance with rules and regulations developed by various international organizations and regulatory agencies. In the United States, such dosimeters are required to comply with the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Specification for Personal Noise Dosimeters S1.25-1991 (R1997), which states that dosimeters should be suitable for measurement of impulsive, intermittent, and continuous noise. Noise dosimeters measure and store sound pressure levels and, by integrating these measurements over time, provide a cumulative noise exposure reading for a given period. Dosimeters can function as personal or area noise monitors. In occupational settings, personal noise dosimeters are often worn on the body of a worker with the microphone mounted on the middle-top of the person's most exposed shoulder. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Noise Noise, Occupational Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Analytical-instruments Analytical-processes Impulse-noise Industrial-noise Noise-analysis Noise-exposure Noise-measurement Occupational-exposure
• ISBN:
  9780471395997
• Publisher:
  John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Book
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DART - Division of Applied Research and Technology
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  465-469
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20032945
• Citation:
  Handbook of noise and vibration control. Crocker MJ ed. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2007 Oct; :465-469
• Editor(s):
  Crocker MJ
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2008
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Handbook of noise and vibration control
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2e10080da73bdbb349a6877bfd059139344ac4af6e4195f69275e7eeab656594221c6c7f8d53fa9e69f9c61c2b77b7632b497a4d4cf12b9db07487cf12437d11
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/188701/cdc_188701_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 998.93 KB ]