A- and C-weighted sound levels as predictors of the annoyance caused by shooting sounds, for various façade attenuation types

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 336-347

  Vos, Joos ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ATTENUATION; NOISE ABATEMENT;

SOUND LEVELS;

NOISE POLLUTION;

ACOUSTICS;

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; ANNOYANCE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY; FEMALE; FIREARM; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMETER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND INTENSITY; SOUND LEVEL MEASUREMENT; VIBRATION;

EID: 0037240166     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1527957     Document Type: Article

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