Overview of Bureau of Mines Hearing Protection Research

Details

• Personal Author:
  Burks, J. Alton ; Redmond, Gerald W.
• Description:
  Hearing protective devices (HPD's) can be a useful adjunct in an overall program designed to control the noise exposure of miners. Performance data on HPD's obtained using standard laboratory measurements appear to overestimate the amount of protection from noise overexposure a working miner may receive from these devices. In order to more effectively evaluate hearing protector performance, the Bureau of Mines is investigating the basic parameters that influence the noise attenuating properties of HPD's. Initial phases of this research have focused on ear muff-type protectors. Alternative methods for the determination of total attenuation of ear muffs have been compared with the standard laboratory procedure and potential problem areas have been defined. Investigation of human physiological parameters that may affect the intrinsic noise level under a single earcup is being made to measure the absolute or baseline value that might be used as a reference level for the physical measurement of ear muff attenuation. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Ear Hearing Mining Noise Noise, Occupational Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Protective Clothing Safety Sense Organs
• Keywords:
  Ear Protection Ear Protectors Hearing Conservation Hearing Protection Mining Industry Noise Protection Personal Protection Personal Protective Equipment
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Information Circular
• Publisher:
  U.S. Bureau of Mines
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRC - Pittsburgh Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  14 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10002852
• Citation:
  Noise Control: Proceedings: Bureau of Mines Technology Transfer Seminars, Pittsburgh, PA, July 24, 1984, and Denver, CO, July 26, 1984. Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, IC 8986, 1984 Jul; :130-141
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1984
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Noise Control: Proceedings: Bureau of Mines Technology Transfer Seminars, Pittsburgh, PA, July 24, 1984, and Denver, CO, July 26, 1984
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a6b3b13561c433c663f2220d8a10fc052ee14660339a6e3c09af0f9125706dd9028fed8dfe05ef950356ecb53e2d30d4bc2520dbea63c6a321c98580fc2d7cfc
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/206008/cdc_206008_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 739.08 KB ]