Since air leakage is inevitable when earmuffs are worn improperly or together with safety glasses in factory or military,it is required to be considered to accurately predict earmuff attenuation.Besides unwanted air l...Since air leakage is inevitable when earmuffs are worn improperly or together with safety glasses in factory or military,it is required to be considered to accurately predict earmuff attenuation.Besides unwanted air leakage,under controlled air leakage is introduced to earmuff to achieve adjustable attenuations in different signal-to-noise ratios(SNRs)and balance between attenuation and speech intelligibility.This work is to develop an improved lumped parameter model(LPM)to predict earmuff attenuation with consideration of air leakage.Air leakage paths are introduced into conventional LPM without air leakage,and air leakage path impedance is analytically described by Maa’s microperforated tube impedance.Earmuff passive attenuation behavior can be analytically described and analyzed with the improved LPM.Finally,the validity of improved LPM is verified experimentally.The results indicate that the improved LPM can predict earmuff attenuation with air leakage,and air leakage deteriorates earmuff attenuation and turns resonance frequency higher.展开更多
This article deals with subjective measurements of attenuation characteristic of three earmuffs (A, B, C) and two earplugs (foam and molded). The measurement was carried out through the real-ear attenuation at thresho...This article deals with subjective measurements of attenuation characteristic of three earmuffs (A, B, C) and two earplugs (foam and molded). The measurement was carried out through the real-ear attenuation at threshold (REAT) under freefield condition. The five devices were examined singly, and four of them in combination. The performance of double hearing protection (earplug plus earmuff)were investigated experimentally using the same method for a number of combinations. All tests were conducted on 7 subjects, and two replications per subject. The obtained data of the earmuffs tested show that earmuff (A) posscsses the lowest attenuation and is characterized by highest standard deviation. On the other hand, the foam plug provides the higher attenuation and the lower standard deviation. When the foam plug was combined with either carmuff (B or C) an improvement of attenuation was similar, i. e. the choice of earmuff is not important. This combination yields higher attenuation than that produces for either device alone, but does not simply yield overall attenuation equal to the sum of the individual of each device. However, when situation was reversed, the combination of either earplug (foam or molded) with single earmuff yields variation in attenuation below 2 kHz. At and above 2 kHz, the combination results were comparcd to the bone conduction limits which was reported by different authors. At these frequencies, all tests of plug plus earmuff combinations that were studied provided attenuation approximately equal to the bone conduction limits of human skull. Finally, the attenuation estimates derived in this study werc less than comparable data published by the respective manufacturers.展开更多
为了滤掉有害的环境噪声,研究一种个人噪声防护耳罩。应用频域归一化X滤波最小均方(Filtered-X NLMS)算法的单点频变步长特性,结合定点DSP(Digital Signal Processor)处理器,设计出适用于有源消噪耳罩的单通道自适应反馈式结构,自适应...为了滤掉有害的环境噪声,研究一种个人噪声防护耳罩。应用频域归一化X滤波最小均方(Filtered-X NLMS)算法的单点频变步长特性,结合定点DSP(Digital Signal Processor)处理器,设计出适用于有源消噪耳罩的单通道自适应反馈式结构,自适应算法的良好降噪效果在仿真实验中得到验证。展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11934009 and 11874216)。
文摘Since air leakage is inevitable when earmuffs are worn improperly or together with safety glasses in factory or military,it is required to be considered to accurately predict earmuff attenuation.Besides unwanted air leakage,under controlled air leakage is introduced to earmuff to achieve adjustable attenuations in different signal-to-noise ratios(SNRs)and balance between attenuation and speech intelligibility.This work is to develop an improved lumped parameter model(LPM)to predict earmuff attenuation with consideration of air leakage.Air leakage paths are introduced into conventional LPM without air leakage,and air leakage path impedance is analytically described by Maa’s microperforated tube impedance.Earmuff passive attenuation behavior can be analytically described and analyzed with the improved LPM.Finally,the validity of improved LPM is verified experimentally.The results indicate that the improved LPM can predict earmuff attenuation with air leakage,and air leakage deteriorates earmuff attenuation and turns resonance frequency higher.
文摘This article deals with subjective measurements of attenuation characteristic of three earmuffs (A, B, C) and two earplugs (foam and molded). The measurement was carried out through the real-ear attenuation at threshold (REAT) under freefield condition. The five devices were examined singly, and four of them in combination. The performance of double hearing protection (earplug plus earmuff)were investigated experimentally using the same method for a number of combinations. All tests were conducted on 7 subjects, and two replications per subject. The obtained data of the earmuffs tested show that earmuff (A) posscsses the lowest attenuation and is characterized by highest standard deviation. On the other hand, the foam plug provides the higher attenuation and the lower standard deviation. When the foam plug was combined with either carmuff (B or C) an improvement of attenuation was similar, i. e. the choice of earmuff is not important. This combination yields higher attenuation than that produces for either device alone, but does not simply yield overall attenuation equal to the sum of the individual of each device. However, when situation was reversed, the combination of either earplug (foam or molded) with single earmuff yields variation in attenuation below 2 kHz. At and above 2 kHz, the combination results were comparcd to the bone conduction limits which was reported by different authors. At these frequencies, all tests of plug plus earmuff combinations that were studied provided attenuation approximately equal to the bone conduction limits of human skull. Finally, the attenuation estimates derived in this study werc less than comparable data published by the respective manufacturers.
文摘为了滤掉有害的环境噪声,研究一种个人噪声防护耳罩。应用频域归一化X滤波最小均方(Filtered-X NLMS)算法的单点频变步长特性,结合定点DSP(Digital Signal Processor)处理器,设计出适用于有源消噪耳罩的单通道自适应反馈式结构,自适应算法的良好降噪效果在仿真实验中得到验证。
