Open AccessUsability of a Daily Noise Exposure Monitoring Device for Industrial Workers
Author(s) -
Steven Williams,
Peter Rabinowitz
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
annals of occupational hygiene
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1475-3162
pISSN - 0003-4878
DOI - 10.1093/annhyg/mes028
Subject(s) - usability , upload , hearing loss , noise (video) , focus group , noise exposure , audiology , applied psychology , medicine , computer science , psychology , human–computer interaction , business , artificial intelligence , world wide web , marketing , image (mathematics)
Usability is an important but often overlooked aspect of personal protective equipment technology. As part of a worksite intervention trial of a new technology for prevention of noise-induced hearing loss that allows workers to monitor their noise exposure inside of hearing protection on a daily basis, we studied the usability of the daily noise exposure monitoring device.