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Alternative Title:
J Acoust Soc Am
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.4865269
Personal Author:
Kardous, Chucri A. ; Shaw, Peter B.
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Description:
This study reports on the accuracy of smartphone sound measurement applications (apps) and whether they can be appropriately employed for occupational noise measurements. A representative sample of smartphones and tablets on various platforms were acquired, more than 130 iOS apps were evaluated but only 10 apps met our selection criteria. Only 4 out of 62 Android apps were tested. The results showed two apps with mean differences of 0.07 dB (unweighted) and -0.52 dB (A-weighted) from the reference values. Two other apps had mean differences within ±2 dB. The study suggests that certain apps may be appropriate for use in occupational noise measurements.
Subject:
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Acoustics
Article
Cell Phones
Environmental Monitoring
Humans
Mobile Applications
Occupational Exposure
Occupational Health
Pilot Projects
Pressure
Reproducibility Of Results
Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted
Sound
Workplace

Source:
J Acoust Soc Am. 135(4):EL186-EL192.
Pubmed ID:
25236152
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC4659422
Document Type:
Journal Article
Funding:
CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
Collection(s):
CDC Public Access
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:d83bca980b595fd5d65c41956da391a5c62771db2df8f594104bda55920e46b3
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