Subjective quantification of earplug occlusion effect using external acoustical excitation of the mouth cavity

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 763-770

  Le Cocq, Ćcile ^a   Laville, Fŕd́ric ^a   Gargour, Christian ^a  

^a ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICAL EXCITATION; BLOCK DIAGRAMS; EAR CANAL; ENERGY SUMMATION; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; HEARING PROTECTORS; LOWER LIMITS; MOUTH CAVITY; OCCLUSION EFFECT; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; PATH-COMPONENT; SOUND SOURCE; TWO-COMPONENT; UPPER LIMITS;

HEARING AIDS;

AIR; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY CANAL; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BONE CONDUCTION; HUMAN; MOUTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VOICE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AIR; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BONE CONDUCTION; EAR CANAL; EAR PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; MOUTH; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VOICE;

EID: 77955782206     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3458843     Document Type: Article

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