Effects of natural sounds on the perception of road traffic noise

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Coensel, Bert De ^a   Vanwetswinkel, Sofie ^a   Botteldooren, Dick ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPEN SPACE; ROAD TRAFFIC NOISE; SOUND LEVEL; SOUNDSCAPES; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

FOUNTAINS; NOISE POLLUTION; ROADS AND STREETS;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

WATER;

ACOUSTICS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; POLICY; TRAFFIC NOISE;

ACOUSTICS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUTOMOBILES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; URBAN RENEWAL; WATER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954528813     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3567073     Document Type: Article

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