Journal of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Volume. 42, Issue 7, 793(2025)

Roles of A- and C-weighted kurtosis adjustment for equivalent sound level in evaluating occupational hearing loss

LIU Haiying1,2, WU Linjie2, LI Yang2, LI Jinzhe3, XIN Jiarui2, ZOU Hua4, QIU Wei5, SHEN Tong1, and ZHANG Meibian1,2、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
  • 2National Institute for Occupational Health and Poison Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China
  • 3Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100013, China
  • 4Zhejiang Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310051, China
  • 5Yangtze River Delta Research Institute of Tsinghua University, Zhejiang, Jiaxing, Zhejiang 314006, China
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    LIU Haiying, WU Linjie, LI Yang, LI Jinzhe, XIN Jiarui, ZOU Hua, QIU Wei, SHEN Tong, ZHANG Meibian. Roles of A- and C-weighted kurtosis adjustment for equivalent sound level in evaluating occupational hearing loss[J]. Journal of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, 2025, 42(7): 793

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    Received: Nov. 11, 2024

    Accepted: Aug. 25, 2025

    Published Online: Aug. 25, 2025

    The Author Email: ZHANG Meibian (zhangmb@niohp.chinacdc.cn)

    DOI:10.11836/jeom24548

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