Towards a model for discrimination of broadband signals

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1986, Pages 63-72

  Durlach, Nathaniel I ^a   Braidal, Louis D ^a   Ito, Yoshiko ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEARING; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; MODEL; NOISE;

AUDITORY PERCEPTION; HUMAN; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NOISE; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0022748906     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.394084     Document Type: Article

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