German Criteria for Selection of Hearing Protectors in the Interest of Good Signal Audibility

• Autorzy: Liedtke M.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The German transport and personal protective equipment (PPE) technical committees of the German Social Accident Insurance have laid down criteria, which have since become established, for hearing protectors to be used in railway systems and road traffic in Germany: only hearing protectors which do not significantly impair the audibility of auditory warning signals may be used. In addition, the Institute for Occupational Safety and Health of the German Social Accident Insurance (BGIA) has proposed a simple criterion for the selection of hearing protectors for workplaces outside railway systems and road traffic which perform well with regard to signal audibility (general), speech intelligibility, and perception of informative operating sound (AIP). This criterion is based upon the research carried out in the field of signal audibility in railway systems and road traffic and upon an additional study. It has been established by the German PPE technical committee and is presented here.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

hearing protector; ear muff; earplug; speech intelligibility; signal audibility; criteria for good audibility

• Wydawca: Taylor & Francis
• Czasopismo: International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics
• Rocznik: 2009
• Tom: Vol. 15, No. 2
• Strony: 163--174
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 22 poz., rys., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Liedtke M.

• Ergonomics—Physical Environmental Factors Division, Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BGIA), Sankt Augustin, Germany

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