title: [The prevention of noise inducted hearing loss: the new challenge of active electronic hearing protection].
abstract: Based on today's common hearing aid design and technology, the team of researchers successfully designed a DPI which allows the worker to be "protected" against loudness and in the same time guarantee a good level of communication and perception of the surrounding environment. The design of this new device is very much similar to a standard BTE hearing aid which allows the use of an active DPI very comfortable, robust and easy to use. The research using the prototypes was divided into 3 phases: Phase 1: 24 volunteers coming from non-industry companies did undergo a specific trial protocol. Phase 2: 6 workers coming from a mining company did undergo the same protocol used in Phase 1. Phase 3: The Acoustics Laboratory from the "Energetica" Department of the Polytechnic of Turin (University/Institute) took objective measures for the DPI attenuation figures used in phase 1 and 2.
authors.affiliation: I Clinica ORL, Dipartimento di Fisiopatologia Clinica, Università degli Studi di Torino - Via Genova 3 - 10126 Torino, Italy. carlo.giordano@unito.it
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Giordano
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cociglio
authors.forename: Juri
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nadalin
authors.forename: Fabrizio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bronuzzi
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Raimondo
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Riva
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pira
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Coggiola
authors.forename: Tom
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Victorians
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004430:Ear Protective Devices; D004581:Electronics; D005260:Female; D006317:Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D055815:Young Adult