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Headset Noise Experienced by Medical Transcriptionists
C. A. Kardous and R. L. Tubbs, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2006
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- What it is
- A NIOSH field evaluation, prompted by hospital transcriptionists' complaints, that measured the sound reaching transcription headsets with an acoustic mannequin.
- How much weight it carries
- Official U.S. government research report. It measured headset sound levels in hospital transcription work, not dictation rooms or recognition accuracy, and it reports results for the equipment it tested.
Facts taken from this source
- NIOSH investigators found a potential for excessive noise exposure with the dictation equipment in hospital transcription, mainly when the volume was turned to its maximum.
“a potential for excessive noise exposure exists with the dictation equipment” (Findings)
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