Designing urgency into auditory warnings using pitch, speed and loudness

Computing and Control Engineering Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 193-198

  Haas, Ellen C ^a   Edworthy, Judy ^b  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC INTENSITY; ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; SENSORY PERCEPTION;

AUDITORY ALARMS; AUDITORY SIGNALS; INTENSITY LEVELS;

ALARM SYSTEMS;

EID: 0030214423     PISSN: 09563385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/cce:19960407     Document Type: Article

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