Open AccessSoft tissue conduction as a possible contributor to the limited attenuation provided by hearing protection devices
Author(s) -
Shai Chordekar,
Cahtia Adelman,
Haim Sohmer,
Liat KishonRabin
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
noise and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.344
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1998-4030
pISSN - 1463-1741
DOI - 10.4103/1463-1741.192476
Subject(s) - attenuation , bone conduction , acoustics , inner ear , materials science , acoustic attenuation , audiology , physics , anatomy , medicine , optics
Damage to the auditory system by loud sounds can be avoided by hearing protection devices (HPDs) such as earmuffs, earplugs, or both for maximum attenuation. However, the attenuation can be limited by air conduction (AC) leakage around the earplugs and earmuffs by the occlusion effect (OE) and by skull vibrations initiating bone conduction (BC).