Measurement of perceived sound intensity accounting for individual differences

Proceedings of the 12th IMEKO TC1 Education and Training in Measurement and Instrumentation and TC7 Measurement Science Joint Symposium on "Man, Science and Measurement" 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 81-88

  Crenna, Francesco ^a   Panero, Matteo ^a   Rossi, Giovanni Battista ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Panel testing; Perceived quantity; Sound intensity

Indexed keywords

CONTAINER TRUCKS; CONTEXTUAL FACTORS; EXTERNAL STIMULUS; HUMAN RESPONSE; INDIRECT MEASUREMENTS; INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES; INDIVIDUAL VARIABILITY; INTERNAL NOISE; INTERVAL ESTIMATION; MAGNITUDE ESTIMATION; MEASUREMENT PROCEDURES; MEASUREMENT SCALE; PERCEIVED QUANTITY; SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL;

ACOUSTIC INTENSITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

MEASUREMENTS;

EID: 70349120739     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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