| Document ID (ISN) | 61568 |
| CIS number |
94-349 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0025-7818 - Medicina del lavoro |
| Year |
1993 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Merluzzi F., Di Credico N. |
| Title |
Definition of criteria for the selection and use of personal hearing protection devices |
| Original title |
Determinazione dei criteri per la scelta e la utilizzazione dei mezzi personali di protezione acustica [in Italian] |
| Bibliographic information |
Mar.-Apr. 1993, Vol.84, No.2, p.162-177. Illus. 32 ref. |
| Abstract |
The most common occupational disease in Italy is noise-induced hearing loss. Not only is this disease invalidating and irreversible, but it also involves extremely high direct and indirect costs for both the injured worker and the employer. Appropriate preventive measures are therefore essential and include personal protection devices. Recent Italian legislation (DL 277 of 15 Aug. 1991, see CIS 93-1404) assigns an important role to personal hearing protection devices, raising, in certain situations, serious problems in terms of fitness for specific jobs. On the basis of an analysis of the characteristics of the various types of hearing protection aids, including efficacy, capacity of attenuation, influence on intelligibility of speech and perception of danger signals, guidelines are supplied for their best possible use. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
hearing protection; selection of equipment; Italy |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
legislation; occupational diseases |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Italy |
| Subject(s) |
Noise, hearing and vibration
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Physical hazards
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Hearing protection
|
