Comparison of loudness models for time-varying sounds

Acta Acustica united with Acustica

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 383-396

  Rennies, Jan ^a   Verhey, Jesko L ^a   Fastl, Hugo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; AUDITION;

AMPLITUDE MODULATED; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; SPECTRAL VARIATION; SYNCHRONOUS FREQUENCY; SYSTEMATIC VARIATION; TEMPORAL ASPECTS; TEMPORAL STRUCTURES; TIME-VARYING SOUNDS;

SOUND REPRODUCTION;

EID: 77951243661     PISSN: 16101928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3813/AAA.918287     Document Type: Article

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