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Hearing protective device

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-013039

Any device or material, capable of being worn on the head or in the ear canal, that is sold wholly or in part on the basis of its ability to reduce the level of sound entering the ear. This includes devices of which hearing protection may not be the primary function, but which are nonetheless sold partially as providing hearing protection to the user. This term is used interchangeably with -the terms, “hearing protector” and -“device.”

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-013039
FieldEnvironment
SubjectBuilt environments
References40 CFR 211.203 (CFR 2013)
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-013039",
  "term": "Hearing protective device",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Hearing Protective Device",
  "definition": "Any device or material, capable of being worn on the head or in the ear canal, that is sold wholly or in part on the basis of its ability to reduce the level of sound entering the ear. This includes devices of which hearing protection may not be the primary function, but which are nonetheless sold partially as providing hearing protection to the user. This term is used interchangeably with -the terms, “hearing protector” and -“device.”",
  "subject": "Built environments",
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 211.203 (CFR 2013)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/hearing-protective-device/"
}

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