This review was conducted to address three questions related to recreational sound
exposure:(1) what criteria are used to determine noise exposure limits,(2) are there …

More than one-half million construction workers are exposed to potentially hazardous levels
of noise, yet federal and state Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) …

With the increase in legislation and the drive for ever-greater efficiency and accountability,
health and safety in construction is becoming an increasingly important subject. This book …

Noise is one of the most highly found physical contaminants in the construction sector. The
most negative effects caused by noise exposure are related to the hearing system and may …

Construction noise is one of the most important and prevalent occupational hazards in the
construction industry. The negative effects of construction noise can be mitigated by …

To provide industry practitioners with a better understanding of the health impacts of
occupational noise generated during construction activities, this paper applies measurement …

Because the acoustic environments of construction sites include multiple noise sources from
various construction machines, it is necessary to consider the influence of combined noise …

Objectives To characterise the effects of noise exposure, including intermittent and peaky
exposure, on hearing damage as assessed by standard pure-tone thresholds and …

This study aims to assess various perceived adverse effects of noise on construction sites
according to the different stages and machinery used in the stages, and to examine whether …

Effective hearing conservation programs in the construction industry are rare. Where
programs are present, they often rely on workers' use of hearing protection devices (HPDs) …