An Examination of Headset, Hearing Sensitivity, Flight Workload, and Communication Signal Quality on Black Hawk Helicopter Simulator Pilot Performance

Among the many occupational hazards to which Army rotary-wing aviators are exposed is intense noise generated from the aircraft. The potential for permanent hearing loss and difficulty communicating in helicopter noise is well known; an appropriate way to evaluate a hearing-impaired pilotâ s safet...

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Main Author: Casto, Kristen Lee
Other Authors: Industrial and Systems Engineering
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/28664
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08142009-215130/