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BS 5330






Standard Number: BS 5330:1976
Title: Method of test for estimating the risk of hearing handicap due to noise exposure
Abstract: Specifies a relationship between noise exposure and the expected incidence of hearing handicap. The exposure is derived from the equivalent continuous A-weighted sound level during an 8-hour working day, whilst the handicap is taken as 30 dB referred to a specified audiometric zero.
Status: Confirmed, Current
Publication Date: 1976/07/30
Confirmed on: 2007/10/01
Cross References: BS 2497:Part 1, BS 2497:Part 2, BS 2497:Part 3, BS 4197,
International Relationships: ISO 1999 Not Equivalent
Supersedes Draft: 74/27161 DC
Descriptors: Hearing (auditory perception), Acoustic measurement, Hearing defects, Occupational medicine, Noise-induced hearing loss, Noise (environmental), Estimation, Auditory threshold, Duration



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