Equivalence of noise annoyance scales in Japanese and English: An experiment using bilingual subjects

Acoustical Science and Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 144-152

  Masden, Kirk ^a   Yano, Takashi ^b  

^a KUMAMOTO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bilingual; English; Japanese; Noise annoyance scales; Social survey

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; LINGUISTICS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STANDARDIZATION; STANDARDS;

BILINGUAL; ENGLISH; JAPANESE; NOISE ANNOYANCE SCALES; SOCIAL SURVEYS;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

EID: 2642532053     PISSN: 13463969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1250/ast.25.144     Document Type: Article

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