Acquired Resistance to Impulse Noise.

Abstract

Previous experiments have shown that the mammalians auditory system can be made more resistant to the traumatic effects of noise exposure by having the subject exposed to a lower level, prophylactic noise. This set of experiments was designed to see if the acquired resistance phenomenon could be adapted to protect soldiers. The specific experiments used chinchillas and focused on several questions: does the acquired resistance to noise (ARN) protect them from rifle fire and cannon fire; is it possible to develop ARN with several relatively short duration exposures; how persistent or long lasting is the ARN phenomenon.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA333215

Entities

People

  • Donald Henderson

Organizations

  • University at Buffalo

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Animals
  • Computers
  • Distortion
  • Ear
  • Frequency
  • Hearing Loss
  • Impulse Noise
  • Laboratory Animals
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Medical Personnel
  • New York
  • Noise
  • Resistance
  • Rodents
  • Signal Processing
  • Statistical Analysis

Readers

  • Auditory Neuroscience/Auditory Physiology.
  • Microbial Pathology
  • Theoretical Analysis.