2014
DOI: 10.4103/1463-1741.140511
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Comparison of occupational noise legislation in the Americas: An overview and analysis

Abstract: The workplace contributes significantly to the total dose of daily noise to which a person is subjected. Therefore, millions of people around the world are exposed to potentially dangerous noise levels and consequently, there is an urgent, global need for legislation to adequately protect the auditory health of workers. Occupational noise legislation has been adopted in many of the countries with different degrees of comprehensiveness and varying levels of sophistication. This paper presents a global view of c… Show more

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“…Also increasing requirements for aural communication and safety demands, for example, warnings or telephone or discomfort could reduce compliance in wearing of protective hearing devices (PHD). It is known that the effectiveness of PHD exponentially decrease with the duration of not wearing these devices 11. However, reducing risk factors is the most effective approach to prevent NIHL.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Also increasing requirements for aural communication and safety demands, for example, warnings or telephone or discomfort could reduce compliance in wearing of protective hearing devices (PHD). It is known that the effectiveness of PHD exponentially decrease with the duration of not wearing these devices 11. However, reducing risk factors is the most effective approach to prevent NIHL.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Currently the majority of countries in the world use a permissible exposure limit (PEL) of 85dBA and the 3-dB exchange rate as the formula for calculating an individual"s daily noise dose and durations, i.e., the recommended maximum (or 100%) daily noise dose over an 8-hour period should not exceed an average of 85dBA (Arenas and Suter, 2014). According to the equal-energy rule, when the sound energy increases 3dB (e.g., from 85 to 88dBA), it is approximately doubling in sound level, and the exposure duration is consequently reduced by a Jiang et al Music exposure dose and hearing problems using personal listening devices 6 half (NIOSH, 1998).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Another limitation is that although we attempted to log which factors might contribute to differences in levels of ambient sound exposures between infants, clinical staff participation in this activity was too inconsistent for rigorous analysis. In addition, direct comparison of recommended sound exposure limits is difficult due to the variability in measurement across organizations and studies, e.g., L eq vs TWA, or using a 3 vs 5 dB exchange rate in calculating exposure over time [63, 64]. …”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%