A revision of Zwicker's loudness model

Acta Acustica united with Acustica

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 335-345

  Moore, B C J ^a   Glasberg, B R ^a  

^a UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC INTENSITY; ACOUSTIC NOISE; ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; BANDWIDTH; CALCULATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; WAVE FILTERS;

EQUAL LOUDNESS CONTOURS; EXCITATION PATTERN; ZWICKERS LOUDNESS MODEL;

ACOUSTIC WAVES;

EID: 0030101058     PISSN: 14367947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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