The Hearing Threshold of Employees Exposed to Noise Generated by the Low-Frequency Ultrasonic Welding Devices

• Published in: Archives of acoustics Vol. 42; no. 2; pp. 199 - 205
• Main Authors: Dudarewicz, Adam, Zaborowski, Kamil, Rutkowska-Kaczmarek, Paulina, Zamojska-Daniszewska, Małgorzata, Śliwińska-Kowalska, Mariola, Zamysłowska-Szmytke, Ewa, Pawlaczyk-Łuszczyńska, Małgorzata
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Warsaw De Gruyter Open 01.01.2017; Polish Academy of Sciences; Institute of Fundamental Technological Research Polish Academy of Sciences
• Subjects: Audiometry; Devices; Employees; Equivalence; Exposure; Hearing protection; High frequencies; Industrial noise; Medicine; noise; Noise levels; noise-induced hearing loss; occupational exposure; Sound pressure; ultrasonic noise; Ultrasonic welding; Workplaces

The aim of the study was to assess the hearing threshold levels (HTLs) in employees exposed to noise generated by low-frequency ultrasonic technological equipment in comparison with the HTLs of workers exposed to audible noise at the similar A-weighted equivalent-continuous sound pressure level. The...