… This study was conducted to provide information about the noise levels from nine air
rifles and a BB rifle relative to the possible auditory risks for people firing these rifles. …

… risk criteria, and auditory performance in impulse noise is presented. Most of the currently
used damage risk … to the type of exposure, the auditory task requirements, and hearing status …

… Results: The ballistic N-waves recorded in this study would constitute a significant auditory
risk to unprotected listeners at all distances sampled. The numbers of permissible exposures …

… (excluding small-caliber 0.17 and 0.22 rifles and air rifles) generate between 150 and
165 … of the different source mechanisms and quantification of auditory risk.[7] The acoustic …

… auditory skills required for the job, but prior to the current research, there was no documentation
of the auditory … Identifying these job-specific auditory tasks was the initial focus of the …

… The reductions in L Aeq,8h provide an indication of the effect of the ammunition and
suppressor on auditory risk. When L Aeq,8h is reduced by 3 dB, the risk is reduced by a factor of 2 …

… risk that might help establish criteria for exposure to gun noise in general. It should be noted
that these auditory … To analyze the auditory data in terms of damage risk to hearing from …

… of the Damage Risk Criteria (DRC) specifying noise exposure limits and the risk of hearing
… The impulse noise auditory injury criteria should also address non-auditory hazard …

… Danger of auditory impairment from impulse noise: a comparative study of the CHABA
damage risk criteria and those of the Federal Republic of Germany. J Acoust Sac Am 1980; 67; …

The air conduction thresholds in the right and left ears, and the interaural asymmetry of
thresholds at 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 kHz were measured in a group of 225 soldiers exposed to a …