Multichannel fast-acting dynamic range compression hinders performance by young, normal-hearing listeners in a two-talker separation task

AES: Journal of the Audio Engineering Society

Volumn 57, Issue 7-8, 2009, Pages 532-546

  Stone, Michael A ^a   Moore, Brian C J ^a   FüLlgrabe, Christian ^a   Hinton, Andrew C ^a  

^a University of Cambridge   (United Kingdom)

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AMPLITUDE COMPRESSION; AUDIO INDUSTRY; COMPLEX SIGNAL; DYNAMIC RANGE COMPRESSION; MENTAL EFFORT; MULTI-CHANNEL; NORMAL-HEARING LISTENERS; SOUND SOURCE; UNIVERSITY STUDENTS;

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EID: 70349306115     PISSN: 15494950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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