Comparison Between Stationary and Personal Noise Dose Measuring Systems

Abstract

In most of the investigations which have been made to survey occupational noise, a stationary sound level meter has been used either alone, or in combination with a stationary dosimeter. In this investigation, which was performed in a ship-building yard, an ear-borne noise dosimeter has been used. The L_eq values which were obtained have been compared with those of the pocket-borne dosimeters. In many processes, considerable differences exist between pocket-borne and earborne dosimeters.