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Document ID (ISN)22138
CIS number 75-66
Year 1972
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Valčíc I.
Title Noise and its harmful effects
Original title Buka i njena štetna dejstva [in Serbocroatian]
Bibliographic information Institut jugoslovenske i inostrane dokumentacije zaštite na radu, Ulica Stanka Paunovića 17/1, Niš, Yugoslavia, 1972. 182p. Illus. 94 ref. Price: Din.70.00.
Abstract A review of present knowledge on noise and its effects: physics of noise and sound; physiology of hearing; noise measurement and analysis; hearing damage risk criteria; noise-induced hearing loss; audiometry; criteria for the assessment of work capacity in the event of noise-induced hearing loss; extra-auditory effects of noise (on the central nervous system, and on heart rate and cardiac activity); protection against the harmful effects of noise (principles of collective and personal protection); biological effects of ultrasound and infrasound.
Descriptors (primary) hearing loss; noise
Descriptors (secondary) hearing protection; hearing damage risk criteria; cardiological effects; infrasound; ultrasound; acoustics; audiometric tests; physiology of hearing; neurological effects; expertise; biological effects; noise measurement; noise control
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Subject(s) Noise, hearing and vibration
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Noise
Diseases of the ear and hearing damage