Subjective evaluation of heavy-weight floor impact sounds in relation to spatial characteristics

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2987-2994

  Jeon, Jin Yong ^a   Lee, Pyoung Jik ^a   Kim, Jae Ho ^a   Yoo, Seung Yup ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOOR-IMPACT SOUNDS; IMPACT SOUNDS; INTER AURAL CROSS CORRELATIONS; JUST-NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCES; SCALE VALUES; SPATIAL CHARACTERISTICS; SPATIAL FACTORS; SUBJECTIVE EVALUATIONS; TWO PARAMETERS; WEIGHT IMPACTS;

EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS; FLOORS; SPHERES;

ACOUSTIC WAVES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NOISE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND INTENSITY; SOUND LEVEL MEASUREMENT;

EID: 65549101094     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3081390     Document Type: Article

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