A human factors perspective: Auditory alarm signals

Biomedical Instrumentation and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 284-289

  Wilcox, Stephen B ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ALARM MONITORING; AUDITORY MASKING; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEA; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOUDNESS; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REVIEW; SOUND DETECTION; VIBRATION;

CLINICAL ALARMS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051569098     PISSN: 08998205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2345/0899-8205-45.4.284     Document Type: Review

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