EDP Sciences logo
Submit your paper
Search
Menu
All issues Volume 10 (2026) Acta Acust., 10 (2026) 9 References
Open Access
Issue
Acta Acust.
Volume 10, 2026
Article Number 9
Number of page(s) 16
Section Hearing, Audiology and Psychoacoustics
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/aacus/2026002
Published online 18 February 2026
  1. German Institute for Occupational Safety and Health: Noise at the Worklpace (Lärm am Arbeitsplatz), IFA, 2021. [Google Scholar]
  2. E. Kazan, M.A. Usmen: Worker safety and injury severity analysis of earthmoving equipment accidents. Journal of Safety Research 65 (2018) 73–81. [Google Scholar]
  3. NIOSH: The worker health chartbook 2004, 2004. [Google Scholar]
  4. A.D. Brown, B.T. Beemer, N.T. Greene, T. Argo, G.D. Meegan, D.J. Tollin: Effects of active and passive hearing protection devices on sound source localization, speech recognition, and tone detection. PLoS One 10, 8 (2015) e0136568. [Google Scholar]
  5. K. Howell, A.M. Martin: An investigation of the effects of hearing protectors on vocal communication in noise. Journal of Sound and Vibration 41, 2 (1975) 181–196. [Google Scholar]
  6. R.S. Bolia, W.R. D’Angelo, P.J. Mishler, L.J. Morris: Effects of hearing protectors on auditory localization in azimuth and elevation. Human Factors 43, 1 (2001) 122–128. [CrossRef] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  7. L. Fostick, N. Fink: Situational awareness: the effect of stimulus type and hearing protection on sound localization. Sensors 21, 21 (2021) 7044. [Google Scholar]
  8. W.G. Noble, G. Russell: Theoretical and practical implications of the effects of hearing protection devices on localization ability. Acta Oto-Laryngologica 74, 1 (1972) 29–36. [Google Scholar]
  9. C. Laroche, C. Giguère, V. Vaillancourt, C. Marleau, M. Cadieux, K. Laprise-Girard, E. Gula, V. Carroll, M. Bibeau, H. Nélisse: Effect of hearing and head protection on the localization of tonal and broadband reverse alarms. Human Factors 64, 7 (2022) 1105–1120. [Google Scholar]
  10. V. Zimpfer, D. Sarafian: Impact of hearing protection devices on sound localization performance. Frontiers in Neuroscience 8 (2014) 135. [CrossRef] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  11. S.M. Abel, S. Tsang, S. Boyne: Sound localization with communications headsets: comparison of passive and active systems. Noise and Health 9, 37 (2007) 101–107. [Google Scholar]
  12. T. Joubaud, V. Zimpfer, A. Garcia, C. Langrenne: Sound localization models as evaluation tools for tactical communication and protective systems. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 141, 4 (2017) 2637. [CrossRef] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  13. S.M. Abel, V.H. Hay: Sound localization the interaction of aging, hearing loss and hearing protection. Scandinavian Audiology 25, 1 (1996) 3–12. [Google Scholar]
  14. K.A. Alali: Azimuthal localization and detection of vehicular backup alarms under electronic and non-electronic hearing protection devices in noisy and quiet environments. Dissertation, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2011. [Google Scholar]
  15. K.A. Alali, J.G. Casali: The challenge of localizing vehicle backup alarms: effects of passive and electronic hearing protectors, ambient noise level, and backup alarm spectral content. Noise and Health 13, 51 (2011) 99–112. [Google Scholar]
  16. K.A. Talcott, J.G. Casali, P. Keady, M.C. Killion: Azimuthal auditory localization of gunshots in a realistic field environment: effects of open-ear versus hearing protection-enhancement devices (HPEDs), military vehicle noise, and hearing impairment. International Journal of Audiology 51, Suppl 1 (2012) S20–30. [Google Scholar]
  17. R. Mlynski, E. Kozlowski: Localization of vehicle back-up alarms by users of level-dependent hearing protectors under industrial noise conditions generated at a forge. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, 3 (2019) 394. [Google Scholar]
  18. G.R.C. Atherley, W.G. Noble: Effect of ear-defenders (ear-muffs) on the localization of sound. British Journal of Industrial Medicine 27, 3 (1970) 260–265. [Google Scholar]
  19. V. Vaillancourt, H Nélisse, C. Laroche, C. Giguère, J. Boutin, P. Laferrière: Comparison of sound propagation and perception of three types of backup alarms with regards to worker safety. Noise and Health 15, 67 (2013) 420–436. [CrossRef] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  20. P. Llado, T. Mckenzie, N. Meyer-Kahlen, S. Schlecht: Predicting perceptual transparency of head-worn devices. Journal of the Audio Engineering Society 70 (2022) 585–600. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
  21. P. Lladó, P. Hyvärinen, V. Pulkki: Auditory model-based estimation of the effect of head-worn devices on frontal horizontal localisation. Acta Acustica 6 (2022) 1. [CrossRef] [EDP Sciences] [Google Scholar]
  22. F. Denk, S.D. Ewert, B. Kollmeier: On the limitations of sound localization with hearing devices. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 146, 3 (2019) 1732–1744. [CrossRef] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  23. T. Van den Bogaert, T.J. Klasen, M. Moonen, L. Van Deun, J. Wouters: Horizontal localization with bilateral hearing aids: without is better than with. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 119, 1 (2006) 515–526. [Google Scholar]
  24. D.S. Brungart, B.W. Hobbs, J.T. Hamil: A comparsion of acoustic and psychoacoustic measurements of pass-through hearing protection devices, in: 2007 IEEE Workshop on Applications of Signal Processing to Audio and Acoustics. IEEE, 2007, 70–73. [Google Scholar]
  25. C. Laroche, L. Lefebre: Determination of optimal acoustic features for reverse alarms: field measurements and the design of a sound propagation model. Ergonomics 41, 8 (1998) 1203–1221. [Google Scholar]
  26. W. Lecluyse, R. Meddis: A simple single-interval adaptive procedure for estimating thresholds in normal and impaired listeners. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 126, 5 (2009) 2570–2579. [Google Scholar]
  27. C. Laroche: Determination des caracteristiques acoustiques optimales des alarmes de recul installees sur les vehicules lourds. Canadian Acoustics 23, 3 (1995) 19–20. [Google Scholar]
  28. S. Savel: Individual differences and left/right asymmetries in auditory space perception. I. Localization of low-frequency sounds in free field. Hearing Research 255, 1, 2 (2009) 142–154. [Google Scholar]
  29. R.G. Edwards, W.P. Hauser, N.A. Moiseev: Effectiveness of earplugs as worn in the workplace. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 20, 10 (1978) 699. [Google Scholar]
  30. R.G. Edwards, A.B. Broderson: A second study of the effectiveness of earplugs as worn in the workplace. Noise Control Engineering Journal 20 (1983) 6–15. [Google Scholar]
  31. B. Hagerman, Å. Olofsson: A method to measure the effect of noise reduction algorithms using simultaneous speech and noise. Acta Acustica united with Acustica 90, 2 (2004) 356–361. [Google Scholar]
  32. IEC 60118-16:2022-04: Electroacoustics – Hearing aids – Part 16: Definition and verification of hearing aid features (IEC 60118-16:2022); German version EN IEC 60118-16:2022. [Google Scholar]
  33. Acoustical Society of America: ANSI/ASA s3.71-2019: Methods for measuring the effect of head-worn devices on directional sound localization in the horizontal plane, 2019. [Google Scholar]
  34. M.D. Good, R.H. Gilkey: Sound localization in noise: the effect of signal-to-noise ratio. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 99, 2 (1996) 1108–1117. [Google Scholar]
  35. C. Lorenzi, S. Gatehouse, C. Lever: Sound localization in noise in normal-hearing listeners. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 105, 3 (1999) 1810–1820. [Google Scholar]
  36. R. Baumgartner, P. Majdak, B. Laback: Modeling sound-source localization in sagittal planes for human listeners. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 136, 2 (2014) 791–802. [CrossRef] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  37. C. Laroche, V. Vaillancourt, C. Giguère, M. Bibeau, V. Carroll, E. Gula, F.G. Nassrallah, H. Nélisse, J. Boutin: Effect of personal safety equipment (hearing protection and helmet) on the localization of reverse alarms, in: 12th ICBEN Congress on Noise as a Public Health Problem, 2018. [Google Scholar]
  38. W.A. Yost, X. Zhong: Sound source localization identification accuracy: bandwidth dependencies. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 136, 5 (2014) 2737–2746. [Google Scholar]
  39. G.F. Kuhn: Physical Acoustics and Measurements Pertaining to Directional Hearing. Springer New York, New York, NY (1987) 3–25. [Google Scholar]
  40. F.L. Wightman, D.J. Kistler: The dominant role of low-frequency interaural time differences in sound localization. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 91, 3 (1992) 1648–1661. [Google Scholar]
  41. E.A.G. Shaw: Transformation of sound pressure level from the free field to the eardrum in the horizontal plane. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 56, 6 (1974) 1848–1861. [CrossRef] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  42. L.J. Sivian, S.D. White: On minimum audible sound fields. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 4, 4 (1933) 288–321. [Google Scholar]
  43. K. Genuit, W. Brennecke, S. Peus: Standardisierung der Richtcharakteristik von Kunstkopf-Meß-Systemen, in: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Akustik e.V., editor, Fortschritte der Akustik – DAGA 96: Jahrestagung für Akustik in Bonn. Berlin, 1996, pp. 274–275. [Google Scholar]

Current usage metrics show cumulative count of Article Views (full-text article views including HTML views, PDF and ePub downloads, according to the available data) and Abstracts Views on Vision4Press platform.

Data correspond to usage on the plateform after 2015. The current usage metrics is available 48-96 hours after online publication and is updated daily on week days.

Initial download of the metrics may take a while.