Noise and its effects / edited by Linda Luxon and Deepak Prasher.

Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, ©2007.

xvi, 784 pages : black and white illustrations ; 24 cm

Ch. 1. Physical characteristics of sound / R. D. Knight and D. M. Baguley -- Ch. 2. Measurement of noise / Paul Radomskij -- Ch. 3. Interactions between noise exposure and ageing : peripheral and central auditory systems / Sandra L. McFadden and James F. Willott -- Ch. 4. Interaction of noise-induced hearing loss and ageing : epidemiological aspects / Doris-Eva Bamiou and Mark E. Lutman -- Ch. 5. Cochlear pathophysiology in response to hazardous noise / Carole M. Hackney and David N. Furness -- Ch. 6. Functional changes in the central auditory system after noise-induced cochlear damage / R. J. Salvi, J. Wang and D. M. Caspary -- Ch. 7. Factors determining an individual's susceptibility to noise damage / Deepak Prasher -- Ch. 8. Measurement of hearing thresholds / Stig Arlinger -- Ch. 9. Noise-induced hearing loss and tinnitus in children -- a matter of diagnostic criteria? / K. M. Holgers, A. Bratthall and M. L. Barrenas -- Ch. 10. Clinical diagnosis of noise-induced hearing loss / Ian Colvin and Linda Luxon -- Ch. 11. Disability assessment in noise-induced hearing loss / Philip H. Jones -- Ch. 12. Tinnitus and external sounds / Borka Ceranic -- Ch. 13. effects of blast on the ear / Alan G. Kerr -- Ch. 14. Interaction of noise, general medical disorders and state of health with hearing / Ulf Rosenhall -- Ch. 15. Methodology and value of databases : an individual hearing conservation programme / Esko Toppila, Ilmari Pykko, Jukka Starck, Ann-Christin Johnson and Martti Juhola -- Ch. 16. Environmental noise : a contextual public health perspective / Peter Lercher -- Ch. 17. Estimating the risk of hearing impairment due to impulse noise exposure / Guido F. Smoorenburg -- Ch. 18. Occupational noise / Wieslaw J. Sulkowski -- Ch. 19. Military noise-induced hearing loss / J. Attias, A. Y. Duvdevany, I. Reshef-Haran, M. Zilberberg and B. Nageris -- Ch. 20. hazardous aspects of music / Rosalyn A. Davies -- Ch. 21. Organic solvent exposures and occupational hearing loss / Mariola Sliwinska-Kowalska and Eiva Zamyslowska-Szmytke -- Ch. 22. Noise hazards in the medical environment / Moshe Chaimoff and Linda M. Luxon -- Ch. 23. Stress effects of noise / Hartmut Ising and Barbara Kruppa -- Ch. 24. Stress and noise -- the psychological/physiological perspective and current limitations / Christian Maschke and Karl Hecht -- Ch. 25. Noise and cognitive performance in children and adults / Gary W. Evans and Staffan Hygge -- Ch. 26. Noise and sleep / Barbara Griefahn -- Ch. 27. Measurements, standards and laws / Ronald Hinchcliffe -- Ch. 28. Preventing hearing loss by sound conditioning / Barbara Canlon and Xianzhi Niu -- Ch. 29. Industrial noise control / Terry Bramer -- Ch. 30. Hearing protectors / Jukka Starck, Esko Toppila and Ilmari Pyykko -- Ch. 31. Audiological rehabilitation programmes and the ICF / K. M. Holgers and M. L. Barrenas -- Ch. 32. Target groups in prevention of health effects from listening to music / B. Pettersson -- Ch. 33. Agencies involved with noise / Dietrich H. Schwela and Andrew W. Smith.

Includes bibliographical references and index.