Recent legislative pressures directed toward protection of hearing acuity have placed an increased urgency on the agricultural industry's noise-reduction program. Hampered, however, by a serious lack of definitive data in dealing with hearing loss, the industry must put added pressure and priority on obtaining such data. This paper outlines the required measurement standards and data needed to accomplish this action.


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    Title :

    Hearing Protection for Farm Equipment Operators-The Challenge of The 70s


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    National Farm, Construction, Industrial Machinery, Powerplant Meeting ; 1972



    Publication date :

    1972-02-01




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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