Auditory masking of wanted and unwanted sounds in a city park

Noise Control Engineering Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 524-531

  Nilsson, Mats E ^a   Alvarsson, Jesper ^a   Rådsten Ekman, Maria ^a   Bolin, Karl ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDIO RECORDINGS; FOUNTAINS; NOISE POLLUTION; ROADS AND STREETS;

ANECDOTAL EVIDENCES; AUDITORY MASKING; AUDITORY PROCESS; BINAURAL RECORDINGS; ENERGETIC MASKING; ENVIRONMENTAL SOUNDS; PARTIAL LOUDNESS; ROAD TRAFFIC NOISE;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

EID: 78650385668     PISSN: 07362501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3397/1.3484182     Document Type: Article

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