Subjective loudness level measurements and equal loudness contours in a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 3124-3136

  Finneran, James J ^a   Schlundt, Carolyn E ^b  

^a LAC+USC Medical Center   (United States)

^b ITT Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS; COMPARISON TEST; FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT; HUMAN LISTENERS; OBJECTIVE MEASUREMENT; ODONTOCETES; PSYCHOMETRIC FUNCTION; SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS; WEIGHTING FUNCTIONS;

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; ANIMALS; LEVEL MEASUREMENT; PROBES; ULTRASONICS;

DOLPHINS (STRUCTURES);

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; HEARING; MALE; PRESSURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VIDEORECORDING;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; PRESSURE; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 81355150804     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3641449     Document Type: Article

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