Directional sensitivity of sound-pressure levels in the human ear canal

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1989, Pages 89-108

  Green, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUDITORY CANAL; AUDITORY LATERALIZATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SOUND PRESSURE; SPATIAL ORIENTATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; EAR CANAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SOUND; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0024398935     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.398224     Document Type: Article

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