On the contribution of noticeability of environmental sounds to noise annoyance

Noise Control Engineering Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 294-305

  Schomer, Paul D ^b   Wagner, L Ray ^a  

^a U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC INTENSITY; ACOUSTIC NOISE; AIRCRAFT; HELICOPTERS;

A WEIGHTED SOUND EXPOSURE LEVEL (ASEL); NOISE ANNOYANCE; SOUND NOTICEABILITY;

ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030282122     PISSN: 07362501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3397/1.2828415     Document Type: Article

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