Typical noise exposure in daily life

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• Personal Author:
  Deiters K ; Flamme, Gregory A. ; Geda K ; McGregor K ; Stephenson, Mark R. ; Tatro A ; Van Gessel D ; Wyllys K
• Description:
  Objective: Identify the distribution of typical noise levels present in daily life and identify factors associated with average sound levels. Design: This was an observational study. Study sample: Participants (N=286) were 20 to 68 year old men and women, drawn from the general population of Kalamazoo County, Michigan. A total of 73,000 person-hours of noise monitoring were conducted. Results: Median overall daily average levels were 79 and 77 dBLeq A,8,equiv, with average levels exceeding EPA recommended levels for 70% of participants. Median levels were similar between the hours of 9 a.m. and 9 p.m., and varied little across days of the week. Gender, occupational classification, and history of occupational noise exposure were related to average noise levels, but age, educational attainment, and non-occupational noise exposures were not. Conclusions: A large portion of the general population is exposed to noise levels that could result in long-term adverse effects on hearing. Gender and occupation were most strongly related to exposure, though most participants in this study had occupations that are not conventionally considered noisy. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Acoustics Aging Environmental Exposure Hearing Hearing Loss Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced Men Noise Noise, Occupational Occupational Health Safety Women

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• Keywords:
  Acoustical-measurements Age-groups Author Keywords: Hearing Loss Environmental-exposure Environmental Exposure Exposure-levels Exposure-limits Hearing-level Hearing-loss Humans Noise-exposure Noise-induced Noise-induced-hearing-loss Noise-levels Noise-measurement Occupational Noise Sound

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• ISSN:
  1499-2027
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Michigan ; 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
• Volume:
  51
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20040235
• Citation:
  Int J Audiol 2012 Feb; 51(S1):S3-S11
• Contact Point Address:
  Gregory A. Flamme, Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, Western Michigan University, 1903 Michigan Ave., Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5355
• Email:
  greg.flamme@wmich.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2012
• NORA Priority Area:
  Manufacturing ; Mining
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  International Journal of Audiology
• Supplement:
  S1
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4fe96ca824d92f9cd52672e56ebdb70dccd61d1a351bb50c7c44450f77db1fadda30dbff5ae40cd2d8d1108db75152822dcf59f671bc6560f440743dd2d12384
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/193177/cdc_193177_DS1.pdf
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