The assessment or the measurement of the personal and in the field attenuation of hearing protective device (HPD) is a current challenge that must be addressed to comply with the regulation. This is why some manufacturers now offer HPD attenuation…
To assess the attenuation of an hearing protector, stakeholders generally keep using data displayed on the protectors’ packaging. These data, reported by manufacturers, stem from tests conducted in the laboratory under ideal conditions. It is…
Hearing Protection Device (HPD) rated attenuation is measured using the Real Ear Attenuation at Threshold (REAT) method specified in Standard ISO 4869-1. This statistical method assumes optimal fitting and is applied under laboratory conditions…
Hearing protector label attenuation is measured according to the REAT method covered by the ISO 4869-1. This method relies on optimum fitting under laboratory conditions and group statistics to predict an individual wearers hearing protector…
The average sound attenuation of hearing protection devices (HPD), established on a panel of test subjects, using a subjective standard method under ideal laboratory conditions, only allows comparing with regards to their labeled value.
Numerous…