MAP20090076716Royster, Larry H.The Noise-vibration problem-solution workbook / Larry H. Royster, Julia Doswell Royster. — Virginia : American Industrial Hygiene Association, 2002pág. var. ; 28 cm.Fondo donado por el Sr. Enrique González Fernández, del INSHTSumario: Background information, importance of our hearing sense -- Physics of sound and vibration -- Sound and vibration measurement: instrumentation, noise and vibration descriptors -- Anatomy and phisiology, and auditory and nonauditory effects of noise exposure and the effects of vibration exposure -- (Hearing Conservation Programs, HCPs) Program overview and administration -- Noise surveys and data analysis -- education and motivation -- Noise and vibration control -- Hearing protection devices -- Audiometric monitoring phase of the HCP -- Evaluation hearing conservation program effectiveness -- Room noise criteria -- Speech communications aand signal detection in noise -- Community noise -- Standards and regulations -- Predcting hearing characteristics due to noise exposure -- Worker's compensation -- Appendix I. Department of labor ocupational noise exposure standard -- Appendix II. Special open-ended problems -- Appendix III. Properties of materials and engineering conversions -- Appendix IV. Rules of thumb reference sheet -- Appendix V. A partial listing of selected equations used in this workbook -- Appendix VI. Selected reference sources