Accession Number:

AD1043166

Title:

Effects of Acoustic Impulses on the Middle Ear

Descriptive Note:

Technical Report,22 Sep 2016,21 Sep 2017

Corporate Author:

GENEVA FOUNDATION TACOMA WA TACOMA United States

Personal Author(s):

• Ahroon, William

Report Date:

2017-10-01

Pagination or Media Count:

26.0

Abstract:

The objective of this project is to fully document the effects of acoustic impulses on the middle ear and on middle-ear muscle contractions MEMC. This project will provide critical information on the middle ear musculature states during warned and unwarned exposures to acoustic impulses. This information necessary in the development of newor revising existing damage risk criteria and health hazard assessment methods for exposure to high-level acoustic impulses such as experienced by users of military and civilian law enforcement weapon systems, civilian recreational hunting and shooting, and industrial high-level impulsive noises impacts and impulses.

Descriptors:

• Acoustics
• AUDIOLOGY
• hearing loss

Subject Categories:

• Anatomy and Physiology
• Acoustics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE