The effect of noise‐induced hearing loss on speech intelligibility in noise and its implications for noise damage risk criteria

1983 ◽  
Vol 73 (S1) ◽  
pp. S104-S104
Author(s):  
G. F. Smoorenburg
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Speech Intelligibility ◽  
Noise Induced Hearing Loss ◽  
Risk Criteria ◽  
Noise Damage ◽  
Damage Risk

Risk for Noise-Induced Hearing Loss From Use of Portable Media Players: A Summary of Evidence Through 2008

2009 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian J. Fligor
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Background Noise ◽  
Absolute Number ◽  
Noise Induced Hearing Loss ◽  
Sound Exposure ◽  
Risk Criteria ◽  
Sound Levels ◽  
Growing Body ◽  
Damage Risk

Abstract A growing body of evidence suggests that a small, but significant, percent of users of portable media players (PMP) are at risk for noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) from abusive use. This manuscript provides a brief review of damage-risk criteria and the methodological hurdles to accurately measuring sound exposure from earphones. The capacity of all generations of PMP exists to produce sound levels that would allow a user to exceed established damage-risk criteria. Whether or not a PMP user exceeds damage-risk criteria depends in part on the type of earphone used and the background noise that exists in the ambient listening environment. To date, estimates of noise dose from PMP use suggest that only a fraction of consumers are at risk for NIHL, but, given the extraordinary population of these devices, the absolute number affected may be quite large. Estimates of noise-induced permanent threshold shift from using PMP at high levels for 2 and 4 hours per day over a 10-year period are given, as well as an estimate of the number of people who may have NIHL from PMP use.

The effect of noise‐induced hearing loss on speech intelligibility in quiet and in noise

1985 ◽  
Vol 77 (S1) ◽  
pp. S69-S69
Author(s):  
G. F. Smoorenburg ◽  
W. G. van Golstein Brouwers ◽  
A. M. Mimpen
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Speech Intelligibility ◽  
Noise Induced Hearing Loss

Comparison of impulse noise damage risk criteria using the chinchilla impulse noise exposures.

2010 ◽  
Vol 127 (3) ◽  
pp. 1839-1839
Author(s):  
William J. Murphy ◽  
Amir Khan ◽  
Peter B. Shaw
Keyword(s):  
Impulse Noise ◽  
Risk Criteria ◽  
Noise Damage ◽  
Damage Risk

scholarly journals Performance Evaluation of Aviation Headset in Indian Army

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 238
Author(s):  
Kumar Vyonkesh Mani ◽  
Neeru Kapoor ◽  
Devasharma Nayak ◽  
Bhuvnesh Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Speech Intelligibility ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Acoustic Energy ◽  
Frequency Noise ◽  
Noise Induced Hearing Loss ◽  
High Attenuation ◽  
Protective Devices

<p>Passive hearing protective devices, referred also as ear defenders, work by obstructing noise propagation through the ear canal of the receiver. These gadgets are a popular choice as they offer high attenuation over a broad frequency range, though at times inadequately, especially in the low frequency region, as per International Standards of occupational exposure to noise. Upward masking of speech signal by low frequency noise also degrades the intelligibility of speech in noise that may lead to decrement in performance and hamper the safety of individuals<br />working in noisy occupational environments. Active noise reducing hearing protective devices lend the possibility of avoiding these problems particularly where the major acoustic energy is centered at low frequencies, rendering these active contraptions a powerful tool in preventing noise induced hearing loss without hampering speech/oral<br />communication. Accordingly, the present study was undertaken to investigate the potential of Telex Stratus 30 Headset in providing protection against noise induced hearing loss and to evaluate its efficacy in improving the speech intelligibility of our Armed forces personnel working in different noise spectral environments</p>

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