Children's perceptions of their acoustic environment at school and at home

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2964-2973

  Dockrell, Julie E ^a   Shield, Bridget ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE MEASUREMENT; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SURVEYING;

LOCATION DIMENSIONS; SOUND SOURCES;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; ANNOYANCE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; CHILD; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEARING; HOME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOISE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; ANGER; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 2942667847     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1652610     Document Type: Article

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