Evaluation of Gundefender Earplug: Temporary Threshold Shift Reduction and Speech Intelligibility.

Abstract

Prototypes of the Sonex 'Gundefender' earplug were evaluated with reference to the ear protection capabilities of the earplug and the speech intelligibility scores obtained in both noise and quiet conditions. The medical standard V.51R earplug was used as a comparison unit. A temporary threshold shift reduction method was used for the comparison of protective capabilities. Magnetic recordings of the Modified Rhyme Test were used to obtain the speech intelligibility data. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 09, 1970
Accession Number
AD0716356

Entities

People

  • James D. Mosko
  • John L. Fletcher

Organizations

  • United States Army Medical Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Intelligibility
  • Prototypes
  • Speech
  • Standards
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Acoustics.
  • Speech Processing/Speech Recognition.