C. C Steevens
Author
Series
Report volume no. 1208
Publisher
Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
Navy divers may be exposed to active sonar transmissions while underwater. Previous manned experiments to determine safe levels of exposure have all been conducted in enclosed settings characterized by standing wave sound fields. The purpose of this experiment was to determine if plane wave (open water) acoustics alters the physiological or subjective responses of exposed divers compared to standing wave exposures. 54 manned exposures to two low-frequency...