Main areas of activity of the Noise Laboratory NA1:

recognition of the state of the hazard from audible noise, infrasound and ultrasound in the working environment, development of technical and organisational solutions to limit noise at source and in its diffusion, analysis of hearing protectors and development of modern noise protection ear muffs,v standardisation activities, educational activities.

The research laboratories of the Noise Laboratory are accredited by PCBC (Polish Centre for Testing and Certification) for their quality assurance system, which includes the complete set of the Institute’s research laboratories.

The scope of accreditation covers 16 procedures related to the certification tests of hearing protectors, 3 procedures on the measurement of the acoustic strength of noise sources, 2 procedures on measurements of noise-insulating cabins and 3 related to the measurement of noise at work stations.

The employees of NA 1 actively participate in the work of the following groups:

The European Technical Committee CEN/TC 159 Hearing Protectors, The International Working Group ISO/TC/159/SC5/WG3, working on problems of speech recognition, The European vertical group VG-4 in CEN/TC 159 Hearing Protectors, which undertakes inter-laboratory tests on hearing protectors, Standardisation Problem Commission No. 21 on Personal Protective Equipment, The G4 Working Party - Hearing Protectors NKP no. 21.

Laboratory Manager  
Witold Mikulski Ph.D. (Eng.)
phone: (+48 22) 623 32 89, fax: (+48 22)  623 46 54
e-mail: wimik@ciop.pl