Study on the effect of sound duration on the annoyance of helicopter noise by applying a technique of time compression and expansion of sound signals

Applied Acoustics

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1200-1211

  Ohshima, Toshiya ^a   Yamada, Ichiro ^b  

^a RION CO LTD   (Japan)

^b Airport Environment Improvement Foundation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Helicopter noise; Impulsive noise; Psychoacoustic test; Sound duration; Sound exposure level

Indexed keywords

HELICOPTER NOISE; IMPULSIVE NOISE; PSYCHOACOUSTIC TEST; SOUND DURATION; SOUND EXPOSURE LEVEL;

HELICOPTER SERVICES; IMPULSE NOISE; NOISE POLLUTION; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SOUND RECORDING; ULTRASONICS;

HELICOPTERS;

EID: 67349209838     PISSN: 0003682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2009.03.006     Document Type: Article

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