Speech Intelligibility and Hearing Protector Selection

This report provides a summary of speech intelligibility research and offers guidelines for selecting hearing protection based on speech intelligibility. MIL-STD-1472G (11Jan2012) Department of Defense Design Criteria Standard Human Engineering provides the basis for the guidelines using the Modifie...

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Main Author: Reeves,Efrem R
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
Anatomy and Physiology
exposure(general)
HEARING
hearing loss
HEARING PROTECTION
noise induced hearing loss
noise reduction
noise(sound)
protective equipment
speech intelligibility index
tactical communications and protective systems
voice communications
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Summary:This report provides a summary of speech intelligibility research and offers guidelines for selecting hearing protection based on speech intelligibility. MIL-STD-1472G (11Jan2012) Department of Defense Design Criteria Standard Human Engineering provides the basis for the guidelines using the Modified Rhyme Test and the Articulation Index.