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Investigation of the Effects of Three Sound Backgrounds on a Simulated Quality Control Inspection Task.


PB90103847

Publication Date 1974
Personal Author Warner, H. D.
Page Count 58
Abstract Effects of background sounds on human behavior are studied, with techniques specially designed to create a true work assembly-line situation within the laboratory. Background sounds used were taped music, radio programs, and intermittent white noise. Fewest errors in assembly line inspection operations occurred with taped music, followed increasingly by radio, intermittent noise, and no-noise conditions.
Keywords
  • Noise(Sound)
  • Human factors engineering
  • Visual inspection
  • Performance evaluation
  • Quality control
  • Work environments
Source Agency
  • National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category
  • 57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine
  • 57W - Stress Physiology
  • 95D - Human Factors Engineering
Corporate Authors Missouri Univ.-Rolla.; National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Supplemental Notes Sponsored by National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Document Type Technical Report
Title Note Terminal rept.
NTIS Issue Number 199002
Investigation of the Effects of Three Sound Backgrounds on a Simulated Quality Control Inspection Task.
Investigation of the Effects of Three Sound Backgrounds on a Simulated Quality Control Inspection Task.
PB90103847

  • Noise(Sound)
  • Human factors engineering
  • Visual inspection
  • Performance evaluation
  • Quality control
  • Work environments
  • National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
  • 57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine
  • 57W - Stress Physiology
  • 95D - Human Factors Engineering
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