Kurtosis Adjustments for Complex Noise-Induced Hearing Loss

Ernest N. Morial New Orleans Convention Center 

Complex noise poses a greater risk to hearing than continuous noise alone at equivalent energy levels. This study aimed to examine the associations between a potential metric of "kurtosis" and changes in hearing thresholds and explore how kurtosis might be integrated into occupational hearing loss prevention programs to better protect workers from noise‐induced hearing loss (NIHL).

"• David C. Byrne, Christa L. Themann, H. Amy Feng
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Field Studies and Engineering, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA"
 

The authors gratefully acknowledge those who agreed to participate in the study for their time, interest, and cooperation. The authors would like to acknowledge Dr. William J. Murphy and Chucri A. Kardous for providing helpful critiques of the manuscript.
 

Hearing conservation and noise reduction