Fit-testing hearing protectors: An idea whose time has come

The performance of hearing protection devices (HPD) worn by individual workers in specific noise-exposure environments has been difficult to assess using the hearing protector ratings printed on HPD packages. Because the role of the HPD in prevention of hearing loss remains as a vital last line of d...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lee D Hager
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2011-01-01
Series:Noise and Health
Subjects:
HPD
PAR
Online Access:http://www.noiseandhealth.org/article.asp?issn=1463-1741;year=2011;volume=13;issue=51;spage=147;epage=151;aulast=Hager