Accession Number:

AD0745087

Title:

A Human Factors Evaluation of Cold Weather Face Masks

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.

Corporate Author:

ARMY NATICK LABS MA

Personal Author(s):

• Bensel, Carolyn K.
• Johnson, Richard F. Q.
• Nichols, Thomas L.

Report Date:

1972-04-01

Pagination or Media Count:

87.0

Abstract:

A human factors evaluation of three types of cold weather face mask the Army Standard and two experimental masks was made in a series of investigations A visual field investigation, a psychoacoustic investigation, a personalequipment compatibility test and an arctic chamber test. Results indicated that a all three masks were virtually equivalent with respect to the size of the field of vision and personequipment compatibility, b acceptability of the masks varied from a psychoacoustic point of view as a function of the particular variable being measured, and c under simulated arctic conditions, the experimental masks offered far better protection of the wearers skin than did the standard mask.

Descriptors:

• *HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
• *PROTECTIVE MASKS
• ACCEPTABILITY
• ACOUSTICS
• COLD WEATHER TESTS
• HEARING
• SPEECH
• VISION

Subject Categories:

• Human Factors Engineering and Man Machine Systems

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE