A model for the prediction of thresholds, loudness, and partial loudness

AES: Journal of the Audio Engineering Society

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 224-239

  Moore, Brian C J ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Glasberg, Brian R ^a   Baer, Thomas ^a  

^a UK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Institute for Perception Research Eindhoven   (Netherlands)

^e ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^f Experimental Psychology Society   (United Kingdom)

^g British Society of Audiology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDITION; BANDWIDTH; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

BINAURAL LOUDNESS; MONAURAL LOUDNESS; SOUND EXCITATION PATTERN;

ACOUSTIC INTENSITY;

EID: 0031119324     PISSN: 00047554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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