Learning auditory warnings: The effects of sound type, verbal labelling and imagery on the identification of alarm sounds

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 603-618

  Edworthy, Judy ^a   Hards, Rachael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alarms; Auditory perception; Auditory warnings; Imagery; Learning methods; Training

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; ALARM SYSTEMS; AUDITION; PERSONNEL TRAINING;

AUDITORY WARNINGS; VERBAL LABELLING;

ERGONOMICS;

ALARM MONITORING; ARTICLE; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; SOUND INTENSITY; TRAINING; WORKER; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0033215087     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8141(98)00066-3     Document Type: Article

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