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Noise Dosimeter Performance - a Second Evaluation.

Authors
Yen-TY; Stewart-KC
Source
NTIS: PB 272 911 :39 pages
Link
NIOSHTIC No.
10000169
Abstract
This Bureau of Mines report evaluates audio dosimeters, 3 sample units from each of 10 currently marketed brands. Each dosimeter was treated as a "black box" with the acoustic stimulus as the input and the accumulated dosage as the output. The dosimeter microphones were exposed to a sound field generated in an anechoic chamber. Characteristics evaluated include frequency response (100 to 8,000 hz), level-time tradeoff rate (88 to 117 db), status of calibration, crest-handling capability, and power consumption rate. Experimental errors revealed by replication of the tests were found to be generally much smaller than variations in performance among the samples of any brand, and possibilities of further reducing the magnitude of these errors are discussed.
Publication Date
19770101
Document Type
IH; Information Circular;
Fiscal Year
1977
NTIS Accession No.
PB-272911
NTIS Price
A04
Identifying No.
IC 8754
NIOSH Division
PRC;
Source Name
NTIS: PB 272 911
Page last reviewed: September 2, 2020
Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Education and Information Division