2012 Conference Proceedings
Thursday, February 23, 2012
*Thursday Workshop presentations are only available below if the presenter authorized posting the PDF. If you attended a Thursday Workshop and would like to obtain more information you will need to contact the presenter directly. You can obtain all speaker contact information on the attendee roster links above.
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Registration and Information Desk Open
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Continental Breakfast
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FULL DAY WORKSHOPS
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Workshop #1
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Hearing Loss Prevention: The Basics
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Noise Measurement
Presenter: Tom Lloyd, B.S. - Associates in Acoustics, Inc. / USA
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The Audiogram - How to Use It
Presenter: COL Lynnette Bardolf, Ph.D. - US Army / USA
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Hearing Loss Recordability Issues
Presenter: Cindy Bloyer, MS, CCC-A - Examinetics, Inc. / USA
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Effective Hearing Protection
Presenter: Timothy Swisher, M.A., CCC-A - Hearing Safety / USA
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Education & Motivation
Presenter: Nancy Gallihugh, M.S., CCC-A - Kalamazoo RESA / USA
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Hearing Conservation Regulations & HIPAA
Presenter: Mary McDaniel, Au.D., CCC-A - Pacific Hearing Conservation, Inc. / USA
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Workshop #2
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The HearTomorrow Audio Workshop: Audio Systems Theory for Hearing Professionals
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Presenter: Benj Kanters, M.M. - Columbia College Chicago / USA
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| MORNING WORKSHOPS |
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Workshop #3
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Noise Instrumentation and Measurement
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Presenter: Lee Hager - 3M / USA
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Workshop #4A
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Hearing Protection Device Field Attenuation Estimation Systems- Round Robin Evaluations
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Presenters:
William Ahroon, Ph.D. - US Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory / USA (Click here)
MAJ Kel Kratzer, Au.D., CCC-A - Womack Army Medical Center / USA (Click here)
Michelle Vincent - Bayne Jones Army Community Hospital / USA (Click here)
CPT Angela Fulbright, Au.D., CCC-A - Carl R. Darnell Army Medical Center / USA (Click here)
CPT M. Joel Jennings, MS, CCC-A, F/AAA - William Beaumont Army Medical Center / USA (Click here)
CPT Kara Cave - B.A., Ph.D., CCC-A, F/AAA - LaPante Health Clinic / USA (Click here)
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Workshop #5A
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PSP Workshop - Mobile Unit Infectious Controls Update Panel of Mobile Testing Service Providers
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Presenter: A.U. Bankaitis, Ph.D., FAAA - Oacktree Products, Inc. / USA
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MORNING BREAK
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Lunch (On your own)
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AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS
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| Workshop #4B |
Laissez les Bons Temps Rouler - Building Alliances To Save Hearing |
| Presenter: John Allen, Ph.D. - NASA / USA |
| Workshop #5B |
Hearing Protection for Recreational Firearm Shooters |
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Presenters:
Deanna K. Meinke, Ph.D. - University of Northern Colorado / USA
Michael Stewart, Ph.D. - Central Michigan University / USA
Gregory A. Flamme, Ph.D. - Western Michigan University / USA
CAPT William Murphy, Ph.D. - National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health / USPHS / USA
James E. Lankford, Ph.D. - Northern Illinois University / USA
Jacob Soendergaard, M.Sc, B.Eng. - G.R.A.S. Sound & Vibration / USA
Donald S. Finan, Ph.D. - University of Northern Colorado / USA
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Committee Meetings / Networking Time
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Exhibitor's Reception
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Friday, February 24, 2012
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Registration and Information Desk Open
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Continental Breakfast
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| Exhibits Open |
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Welcome and Opening Remarks: President & Program Chair
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Intervention Effectiveness Research in Hearing Loss Prevention - click here
Presenter: Thais Morata, Ph.D. - National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health / USA
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How Should Hearing Conservation Program Effectiveness Be Assessed? - click here
Presenter: Peter Rabinowitz, M.D., M.P.H. - Yale University / USA
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Don't Trash Your Hearing - Cultural Issues and Hearing Loss Prevention in Public Sector Solid Waste Service (A Case Study) - click here
Presenter: Connie Muncy, C.I.H., M.S. Mgmt., Montgomery County Environmental Services / USA
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Play It Down - A Community Project by the Baptist Memorial Health Care Foundation in an Effort to Reduce the Rate of Hearing Loss in American Teens - click here
Presenter: Megan Morris - Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation / USA
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Keynote Lecture: Noise Induced Hearing Loss and Tinnitus Prevention: Engaging Communities and Changing Cultures - click here
Presenter: William Hal Martin, Ph.D. - Oregon Health & Science University / USA
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Strategies for Building Hearing Awareness Advocacy Among Music and Sound Professionals - click here
Presenter: Benj Kanters, M..M. - Columbia College Chicago / USA
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NHCA Business Meeting - Click here
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Hosted Luncheon
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Noise Control Issues in the Workplace / Moderator: Alice Suter
Why Engineering Noise Control is Needed - click here / Alice Suter, Ph.D. - Alice Suter & Associates / USA
OSHA's Perspective - click here / David Michaels, Ph.D., M.P.H. - OSHA / USA
Is Noise Control Feasible for Industry? - click here / David Sarvadi, J.D., M.S.C. - Keller and Heckman LLC / USA
Where Noise Control is Feasible and How it Works - click here / Dennis Driscoll, P.E., Brd. Cert., INCE - Associates in Acoustics / USA
The "85/3" Project - click here / Rick Neitzel, Ph.D., C.I.H. - University of Michigan / USA
Economic Impact of Noise / Ruth Ruttenberg, Ph.D. - Ruth Ruttenberg & Associates / USA
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Randomized, Controlled Study of NIHL and Tinnitus Prevention Interventions for Elementary School Students - click here
Presenter: Susan Griest, M.P.H. - Oregon Health & Science University / USA
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The Potential of "MP3" Insert Earphones to Cause Hearing Loss - click here
Presenters: John Franks, Ph.D. - LytleSound / USA
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Risk of NIHL From MP3 Player use: Evaluating Long-Term Dosimetry Measurements - click here
Presenter: Cory D. F. Portnuff, Au.D., Ph.D. - University of Colorado at Boulder / USA
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Children and Adolescents, Habits, Preferences and Protective Behaviors Regarding Loud Sound Exposures: Inherited Culture? - click here
Presenter: Keila Knobel, Ph.D. - State University of Campinas / Brazil
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2012 Safe-in-Sound Award - click here
Presenters: Thais Morata, Ph.D. - National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health / USA & Deanna Meinke, Ph.D. - University of Northern Colorado / USA
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Break & Posters / Committee Meetings / Networking Time
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Friday Night Event - Mardi Gras World
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Saturday, February 25, 2012
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Registration and Information Desk Open
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Breakfast / Round Table Chat Sessions
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| Exhibits Open |
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What Are They Hearing? Australian Young Adults' Leisure Noise Exposure and Attitudes to Hearing Loss Prevention - click here
Presenter: Megan Gilliver, Ph.D. - National Acoustic Laboratories / Australia
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Reactions to Noise in Day-Care Centers in Sweden - click here
Presenter: Ann-Christin Johnson - Karolinksa Institutet / Sweden
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Impact of Daily Noise Exposure Monitoring on Individual Noise Exposures - click here
Presenter: Michael McTague, M.P.H. - Yale University / USA
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Need for Special Support for Workers with Hearing Loss in Noisy Occupations - click here
Presenter: Vishakha Rawool, Ph.D. - West Virginia University / USA
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Myths and Misconceptions About Hearing Protection - click here
Presenter: Elliott Berger, M.S., I.N.C.E. Board Certified - 3M / USA
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Developing an Educational Toolkit for Military Hearing Preservation - click here
Presenter: Lynne Marshall, Ph.D. - Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory / USA
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Military Hearing Protection-Enhancement Devices: Can the Soldier Detect and Identify the Gunshot and other Threats? - click here
Presenter: John Casali, Ph.D., C.P.E., Grado Chaired Professor - Virginia Tech, Auditory Systems Laboratory / USA
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Hosted Luncheon & Awards
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Gasaway Lecture
Presenter: Dennis Driscoll, P.E., Brd. Cert., Noise Control Engineer - Associates in Acoustics / USA
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BREAKOUTS
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Military / Firearms
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HPDs / Fit Testing
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The Influence of Military Service on Auditory Health and the Efficacy of a Hearing Conservation Program - click here
Presenter: Per Muhr, Ph.D. - Karolinska Institute / Sweden
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An Acoustical Analysis of the Frequency-Response and Attenuation Patterns of Musician Earplugs Presenter: Kris Chesky, Ph.D. - University of Northern Texas / USA
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Evaluation of Different Hearing Protection at Firing Ranges - click here
Presenter: Leif Olsen, M.P.H., C.I.H., C.H.M.M. - Naval Medical Center San Diego / USA
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The Occlusion Effect of Earplugs per Insertion-Depth, Earplug Type, and Excitation-Source - click here
Presenter: Kichol Lee - Virginia Tech / USA
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Comparison of Impulse Peak Insertion Loss Measurements from Three Acoustic Test Fixtures - click here
Presenter: CAPT William J. Murphy, Ph.D. - National Institute of Occupational Safety & Health / USPHS / USA
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We Build Airplanes! What Does Hearing Conservation Have to Do with Me?- click here and for
Presenter: Raoul Calimlim, C.I.H. - Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation / USA
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Use of a Head Simulator to Measure the Hearing Protection Performace of Helmets Developed for High Noise Environments
Presenter: Anthony Dietz, Ph.D. - Creare / USA
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Custom Designed and Manufactured Hearing Protection: History, Terminology and Benefits to Corporations and Hearing Conservation Professionals - click here
Presenter: Scott Lake, M.S.E. Purdue University, B.S.M.E., G.M.I. Engineering & Management Institute - Westone Laboratories, Inc. / USA
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Weapon Noise Assessment - What Routine Dosimetry Doesn't Tell You - click here
Presenter: Scott McFeeters - Naval Medical Center San Diego / USA
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Acoustical and Geometrical Properties of Custom Earplugs Obtained with an Automated Fitting System - click here
Presenter: Jeremie Voix, Associate Professory - Universite de Quebec (ETS) / Canada
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Impulse Noise Levels Generated by Starter Pistols - click here
Presenter: Jacob Soendergaard - G.R.A.S. Sound & Vibration / USA
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Optimal Hearing Protection with State of the Art Custom HPDs and State of the Art Fit Testing - click here
Presenter: Mihaela Grigorie - Phonak Communications AG / Switzerland
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Closing Remarks
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Closing Remarks
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Poster Presentations - Coming Soon!
Poster #1 - Click here
"Chicago Healthy Aging Study (CHAS): Evaluation of Cardiovascular Disease Risk and Hearing in Older Adults”
Presenter: Rachael Baiduc, B.S. - Northwestern University | USA
Gayla Poling, Ph.D., CCC-A - Northwestern University | USA
Martha Daviglus, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H. - Northwestern University | USA
Sumitrajit Dhar, Ph.D., CCC-A - Northwestern University | USA |
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Poster #2 - Click here
"Measurements of Bone-Conducted Impulse Noise with a Head Simulator”
Presenter: Odile Clavier, Ph.D. - Creare, Inc. | USA
CAPT William J. Murphy, Ph.D. - National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health / USPHS | USA
Anthony Dietz, Ph.D. - Creare, Inc. | USA
LCDR Edward L. Zechmann, M.S. - National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health / USPHS | USA
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Poster #3
"Hearing Protector Attenuation Testing: Comparision of Methods and Instruments for Measuring Earplug Performance”
Presenter: Claire Collord, B.S. - University of Cincinnati | USA |
Poster #4
"Standardized REAT Measurements of Children Fit with Slow-Recovery Foam Earplugs”
Presenter: Jennifer Eggebrecht, B.S. - University of Northern Colorado | USA |
Poster #5
"Pop-rock Musicians: Effects of Amplified Music and Assessment of Satisfaction Provided by the Use of Hearing Protectors”
Presenter: Ana Claudia Fiorini - UNIFESP/PUCSP | Brazil
Cristiane Bolzachini Santoni - UNIFESP/PUCSP | Brazil |
Poster #6 - Click here
"Data from a Computer-Based Hearing Loss Prevention Education Program for Veterans and Military Personnel”
Presenter: Robert Folmer, Ph.D. - National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research, Portland VA Medical Center | USA
Susan Griest, M.P.H. - National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research, Portland VA Medical Center | USA
Gabrielle Saunders, Ph.D. - National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research, Portland VA Medical Center | USA
Serena Dann, Au.D. - National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research, Portland VA Medical Center | USA
Edward Porsov, M.S. - Department of Otolaryngology, Oregon Health & Science University | USA
Marjorie Leek, Ph.D. - National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research, Portland VA Medical Center | USA |
Poster #7
"NIOSH Hearing Protector Device Compendium: What is it? Why use it? How can I my get in it?”
Presenter: Pam Graydon - National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety | USA |
Poster #8
"Pitch Discrimination Task Performance with Musicians Wearing Musicians Earplugs”
Presenter: Ryan Johnson, B.A., Doctor of Audiology Candidate - University of Cincinnati | USA |
Poster #9
"Developing a National Approach to NIHL and Tinnitus Prevention”
Presenter: William Hal Martin, Ph.D. - Oregon Health and Science University | USA |
Poster #10
"Community Based, Multiple NIHL Interventions in American Indian Children”
Presenter: William Hal Martin, Ph.D. - Oregon Health and Science University | USA
William Lambert, Ph.D. - Oregon Health & Science University | USA
Linda Howarth, B.A. - Oregon Health & Science University | USA
Judith Sobel, Ph.D. - Portland State University | USA
Thomas Becker, M.D., Ph.D. - Oregon Health & Science University | USA |
Poster #11
"Calibration Detail for the Impulse Peak Insertion Loss Measurement”
Presenter: CAPT William J. Murphy, Ph.D. - National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health / USPHS | USA
Julia Vernon, B.S. - National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health | USA |
Poster #12 - Click here
"Use of Custom-Molded Earpieces for DPOAE Measurements”
Presenter: James Norris, Ph.D. - Creare, Inc. | USA
Odile Clavier, Ph.D. - Creare, Inc. | USA
Robert Kline-Schoder, Ph.D. - Creare, Inc. | USA
Jay Buckey, M.D. - Dartmouth Medical School | USA |
Poster #13 - Click here
"Effects of Custom Deep-Insert Earplug Design Parameters on Achieved Attentuation”
Presenter: James Norris, Ph.D. - Creare, Inc. | USA
Rob Chambers, M.S. - Creare, Inc. | USA
Nick Kattamis, Ph.D. – Creare, Inc. | USA
Bryn Davis, Ph.D. - Creare, Inc. | USA
Jerry Biezsczad, Ph.D. - Creare, Inc. | USA |
Poster #14
"Skydiving Noise Levels”
Presenter: Tina Penman, Au.D. - Northeastern University | USA
Michael Epstein, Ph.D. - Northeastern University | USA |
Poster #15 - Click here
"Effect of Self-Reported Noise Exposure on Auditory Function in Clinically-Normal Hearing Individuals Between 10 and 65 Years Old”
Presenter: Gayla Poling, Ph.D., CCC-A - Northwestern University | USA
Jonathan Siegel, Ph.D. - Northwestern University | USA
Jungmee Lee, Ph.D. - Northwestern University | USA
Jungwha Lee, Ph.D. - Northwestern University | USA
Sumitrajit Dhar, Ph.D., CCC-A - Northwestern University | USA |
Poster #16
"The Genetic Contribution of Tinnitus in Male Twins”
Presenter: Asa Skjonsberg, Ph.D. - Karolinska Institutet | Sweden
Satu Turunen-Taheri, M. Sci. - Karolinska Institutet | Sweden
Renata Bogo, Ph.D. Student - Karolinska Institutet | Sweden
Kjell Karlsson, M.D. - Karolinska Institutet | Sweden
Ahemd Farah, M. Sci - Karolinska Institutet | Sweden
Magnus Svertengren, Professor - Karolinska Institutet | Sweden |
Poster #17 - Click here
"Hearing Impairment Among Pilots in the Swedish National Defence - A Retrospective Study”
Presenter: Eva B. Svensson, Research Engineer - Karolinska Institutet | Sweden
Ann-Christin Johnson, Associate Professor - Karolinska Institutet | Sweden
Per Muhr, Ph.D. - Karolinska Institutet | Sweden
Ulf Rosenhall, Professor - Karolinska Institutet | Sweden |
Poster #18
"Measurements of Earplug Attenuation Under Supra-Aural and Circumaural Headphones”
Presenter: Jennifer Tufts, Ph.D., CCC-A - University of Connecticut | USA
Jillian Palmer, B.S. - University of Connecticut | USA |
Poster #19
"Consistency of Attenuation Across Multiple Fittings of Custom and Non-Custom Earplugs”
Presenter: Jennifer Tufts, Ph.D., CCC-A - University of Connecticut | USA
Kelly Jahn - University of Connecticut | USA
Kara Swan, B.S. - University of Connecticut | USA
John Byram, B.S. - University of Connecticut | USA |
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