Abstract
The EPA requirement for hearing protector labels is based on the decrepit ANSI S3.19-1974 standard, which prohibits the use of eyewear during the REAT testing that leads to the NRR on the product label. Firearm users are recommended to wear protective eyewear while shooting. In this presentation, we review past work regarding the effects of eyewear on earmuff performance and present results from five samples of one product that includes both eyewear and an earmuff. Impulses ranging between 139 and 178 dB peak SPL were used. Impulse Insertion Loss was less than 10 dB below 400 Hz for earmuffs alone and negligible for the earmuff and glasses condition and attenuation in the high frequencies was reduced by approximately 15 to 25 dB. Impulse peak insertion loss values per ANSI S12.42 were reduced from 21 to 39 dB for the earmuff alone to 15 to 22 dB when eye protection was added. Hearing conservation programs need to account for the deleterious effect of protective eyewear on earmuffs, and additional studies with broad combinations of earmuffs and eyewear are needed to establish the range over which eyewear can be expected to compromise earmuff attenuation.
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