Auditory localization in the horizontal plane with single and double hearing protection

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 937-946

  Brungart, Douglas S ^a,c   Kordik, Alexander J ^b   Simpson, Brian D ^a   McKinley, Richard L ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Sytronics Inc   (United States)

^c WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone conduction; Directional hearing; Environmental noise; Hearing conservation; Sound localization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE CONDUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECTIONAL HEARING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND INTENSITY; SOUND TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BONE CONDUCTION; EAR PROTECTIVE DEVICES; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SOUND LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0041836257     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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