Thread: Suppressor effectiveness - Think about this!

Originally Posted by ODL

.. Based on the 85-dBA REL and the 3-dB exchange rate, [B]the allowable exposure time at 140 dBA is less than 0.1 sec; ..

In all the impulse literature I've read, I can't say I've seen detailed focus on time/energy integration. The tone of that sounds rather speculative.

Those refs quoted are very familiar to me- I did a Masters thesis on noise induced hearing loss in 1991 and most of the literature wasn't fresh even then.