Impulse Noise: Can Hitting a Softball Harm Your Hearing?

The purpose of this study is to identify whether or not different materials of softball bats (wooden, aluminum, and composite) are a potential risk harm to hearing when batting players strike a 12′′ core .40 softball during slow, underhand pitch typical of recreational games. Peak sound pressure lev...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Korrine Cook, Samuel R. Atcherson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:The Scientific World Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/702723