Table 4.

Noise exposure assessment results.

	Welders' exposure time N = 37		Airport workers' exposure time N = 39
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	p-value
LAEQ	83.6	±5.89	83.1	±7.48	0.76
LPC	124	±5.13	128	±6.47	0.019*

LAEQ, average level of sound exposure per hour in A-weighted dB(A).

LPC, Peak sound pressure level per hour in A-weighted dB(A).

^*p-value < 0.05.