Effects of underwater environmental conditions on vibrotactile thresholds

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 651-658

  Verrillo, Ronald T ^a   Bolanowski, Stanley J ^a   Baran, Frances ^b   Smith, Paul F ^b  

^a Syracuse Institute for Sensory Research   (United States)

^b Naval Submarine Base New London   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER; WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; DIVING; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; VIBRATION SENSE;

EID: 0030056117     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.416199     Document Type: Article

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