How to Assess Hearing Protection Effectiveness: What Is New in ANSI/ASA S12.68

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• Personal Author:
  Murphy, William J.
• Description:
  The use of the ANS/ASA 512.68 method provides more relevant and useful numbers that describe what a person might expect when using hearing protection. However, unless one wears the protection when exposed to hazardous levels of noise, the numbers will be meaningless. Noise-induced hearing loss is entirely preventable. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Hearing Noise Noise, Occupational Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety
• Keywords:
  Hearing-conservation Hearing-protection Noise-protection Personal-protection Personal-protective-equipment Protective-equipment Sound-attenuation Standards
• ISSN:
  1557-0215
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Newsletter ; Lay Publication
• 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:
  40-42
• Volume:
  4
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20033988
• Citation:
  Acoustics Today 2008 Apr; 4(2):40-42
• Contact Point Address:
  William J. Murphy, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226-1998
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2008
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Acoustics Today
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c5deb736f1c5f244a6352a4540043c07a66961f8bc1745d39a47485a55b77e63e1488dc5f23f3e98105860fe085f31a259e8b7a550e16a9069acf42afd7c635a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/189380/cdc_189380_DS1.pdf
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