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  2. Title 42 - Public Health
  3. Chapter I - PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
  4. Subchapter G - OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES
  5. Part 84 - APPROVAL OF RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
  6. Subpart K - Air-Purifying Particulate Respirators
  7. 42 CFR § 84.181
42 CFR § 84.181
Communication performance test—PAPR class PAPR100
June 11, 2020
CFR

(a) Powered air-purifying respirators must be designed to allow for proper communication while worn.

(b) A Modified Rhyme Test7 will be used to test the wearer's ability to communicate efficiently.

7The Modified Rhyme Test is used in speech intelligibility experiments. See https://www.nist.gov/ctl/pscr/modified-rhyme-test-audio-library.

(c) The communications requirement is met if the overall performance rating is greater than or equal to 70 percent.

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