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Dow, Caroline; Covert, Douglas C. – 1988
A near-ultrasonic pure tone of 15,570 Herz generated by flyback transformers in computer and video display terminal (VDT) monitors may cause severe non-specific irritation or stress disease in operators. Women hear higher frequency sounds than men and are twice as sensitive to "too loud" noise. Pure tones at high frequencies are more…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Computer Peripherals, Computer Terminals, Females
