Laboratory study of the noticeability and annoyance of low signal-to-noise ratio sounds

Noise Control Engineering Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 300-305

  Sneddon, Matthew ^a   Pearsons, Karl ^b   Fidell, Sanford ^c  

^a Wavefront Scientific   (United States)

^b Fidell Associates ^*  (United States)

^c Fidell Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ACOUSTIC SIGNALS; SIGNAL PREDICTION;

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES CONTROL;

EID: 1842730305     PISSN: 07362501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3397/1.2839726     Document Type: Article

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