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- Title
What Is a Safe Noise Level for the Public?
- Authors
Fink, Daniel J.
- Abstract
The author discusses what is considered to be a safe noise level for members of the public in the U.S., and it mentions the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders' views about exposure to sound, decibel levels, and hearing loss. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration's adoption of a legal standard for workplace hearing protection is assessed, along with the American Environmental Protection Agency Office of Noise Abatement and Control.
- Subjects
UNITED States; NOISE; COMMUNITY safety; NOISE-induced deafness; DECIBELS; NATIONAL Institute on Deafness &; Other Communication Disorders (U.S.); ENVIRONMENTAL exposure; UNITED States. Occupational Safety &; Health Administration; HEARING protection; STANDARDS; GOVERNMENT policy; INDUSTRIAL hygiene; PUBLIC health; SAFETY
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 2017, Vol 107, Issue 1, p44
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Opinion
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.2016.303527