The effects of sound level and vibration magnitude on the relative discomfort of noise and vibration

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 4558-4569

  Huang, Yu ^a   Griffin, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABORATORY STUDIES; MAGNITUDE ESTIMATION; NOISE AND VIBRATION; SOUND LEVEL; VERTICAL VIBRATIONS; VIBRATION DISCOMFORT; VIBRATION MAGNITUDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; NOISE; PHYSIOLOGY; STIMULATION; VIBRATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; NOISE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; VIBRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866466557     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.4705285     Document Type: Article

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