RESTAURANT NOISE, HEARING-LOSS, AND HEARING-AIDS

Authors
LEBO CP SMITH MFW MOSHER ER JELONEK SJ SCHWIND DR DECKER KE KRUSEMARK HJ KURZ PL
Citation
Cp. Lebo et al., RESTAURANT NOISE, HEARING-LOSS, AND HEARING-AIDS, Western journal of medicine, 161(1), 1994, pp. 45-49
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Western journal of medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
00930415
Volume
161
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
45 - 49
Database
ISI
SICI code
0093-0415(1994)161:1<45:RNHAH>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Our multidisciplinary team obtained noise data in 27 San Francisco Bay Area restaurants. These data included typical minimum, peak, and aver age sound pressure levels; digital tape recordings; subjective noise r atings; and on-site unaided and aided speech discrimination tests. We report the details and implications of these noise measurements and pr ovide basic information on selecting hearing aids and suggestions for coping with restaurant noise.