Evaluation of hearing protection used by police officers in the shooting range

Introduction: Impact noise is characterized by acoustic energy peaks that last less than a second, at intervals of more than 1 s. Objective: To quantify the levels of impact noise to which police officers are exposed during activities at the shooting range and to evaluate the attenuation of the he...

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Main Authors: Heraldo Lorena Guida, Carla Linhares Taxini, Claudia Giglio de Oliveira Gonçalves, Vitor Engrácia Valenti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-12-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1808-86942014000600515&lng=en&tlng=en