An experimental model to measure the ability of headphones with active noise control to reduce patient’s exposure to noise in an intensive care unit

An experimental model to measure the ability of headphones with active noise control to reduce patient’s exposure to noise in an intensive care unit

Abstract Background Defining the association between excessive noise in intensive care units, sleep disturbance and morbidity, including delirium, is confounded by the difficulty of implementing successful strategies to reduce patient’s exposure to noise. Active noise control devices may prove to be...

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Main Authors: Stuart Gallacher, Doyo Enki, Sian Stevens, Mark J. Bennett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2017-10-01
Series:Intensive Care Medicine Experimental
Subjects:
Noise
Active noise control
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40635-017-0162-1

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