Psychoacoustic tests for the study of human echolocation ability

Applied Acoustics

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 399-419

  Arias, Claudia ^a   Ramos, Oscar A ^a  

^a Cuidad Universitaria   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Human echolocation; Obstacle perception; Repetition pitch perception

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC INTENSITY; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; SUBJECTIVE TESTING;

HUMAN ECHOLOCATION; OBSTACLE PERCEPTION; PSYCHOACOUSTIC TESTS; REPETITION PITCH PERCEPTION;

AUDITION;

EID: 0031206751     PISSN: 0003682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-682X(97)00010-8     Document Type: Article

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