Many ear defenders originally designed for protective purposes only have been used as communication headsets by the installation of acoustic apparatus. Six defender communication headsets in common use and one semi-insert device were tested for intelligibility in a noise environment created by a jet engine. The purpose of the test was to provide comparative data on the performance of the headsets in the given environment.

Author: Devaney, Robert P.
Affiliation: Roanwell Corporation, New York, NY
AES Convention: 14 (October 1962) Paper Number: 230
Publication Date: October 1, 1962 Import into BibTeX
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