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Noise is a "by-product of technological metabolism", omnipresent in most workplaces, representing one of the discomfort factors for personnel working in the presence of this noxae. Knowledge of risks generated by exposure to noise specific to each activity carried out, allow quantification of the effects on workers such as: masking, auditory fatigue, sound trauma, acute hypoacusis, professional deafness. Accidental exposure to noise leads to auditory fatigue, which is a transient and reversible phenomenon, but pro...

A known and often used method of insulation is represented by soundproof sponge, having the role of sound absorption and improvement of acoustics. The insulating sponge is used in recording studios, Radio TV studios, music rehearsal rooms, for upholstering acoustic enclosures having the role of acoustic correction. The aim of the study is to improve acoustic characteristics of a room that was originally used as an office and is now used as a music rehearsal room and recording studio, making determinations of noise...