Sound measurement: instrumentation and noise metrics.

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• Personal Author:
  Brueck, Scott E. ; Kardous CA ; Murphy, William J.
• Description:
  In industrial hygiene practice, noise exposure is measured to assess its potential detrimental effects on humans. Although hearing damage is the primary concern, other effects such as speech interference and annoyance are also of interest. Two categories of measurement are necessary. One provides data for predicting the potential effect of noise exposure on humans; the other provides data for engineering purposes directed toward mitigating hazardous noise exposures. Microprocessors, computers, inexpensive mass storage, and mobile devices have led to a revolution in noise-measuring instruments, data processing, and data retention. Connections between health factors and potential stressors in the environment permit a deeper level of understanding of their relationship with health outcomes. Because of the miniaturization of equipment and increases in processing power, it is possible to measure the noise exposure of every worker for every minute of a workshift. Although the selection of instrumentation has proliferated with the development of mobile devices, the basic challenges of evaluating instruments and conducting analyses with them have not changed significantly. Rather, analysis of large samples of noise recordings still requires the industrial hygienist to judiciously determine which data are useful and which are not. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Computers Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced Noise Noise, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Sound; Industrial hygiene; Noise exposure; Noise induced hearing loss; Speech disorders; Mobile equipment; Computers; Stress
• ISBN:
  9781950286072
• Publisher:
  American Industrial Hygiene Association
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Book
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DFSE - Division of Field Studies and Engineering
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  29-66
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20065854
• Citation:
  The noise manual, sixth edition. Meinke DK, Berger EH, Neitzel RL, Driscoll DP, Bright K eds. Falls Church, VA: American Industrial Hygiene Association, 2022 Jan; :29-66
• Editor(s):
  Meinke DK; Berger EH; Neitzel RL; Driscoll DP; Bright K
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2022
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  The noise manual, sixth edition
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4e85b255a31035ef050afc6013b1ab3aed77d86b6ab10f0ba86013e8c13f82856062384f2ec74e08c8e4e8d17b7b17d3e37e5b1161d115a23d1260ffabe77352
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/249574/cdc_249574_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 21.66 MB ]