Acoustical and perceptual assessment of water sounds and their use over road traffic noise

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 227-237

  Galbrun, Laurent ^a   Ali, Tahrir T ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN PARAMETERS; FREQUENCY CONTENTS; HIGH-FLOW RATE; PERCEPTUAL ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTUAL PROPERTIES; ROAD TRAFFIC; ROAD TRAFFIC NOISE; SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRAFFIC NOISE;

ACOUSTICS; FREQUENCY ESTIMATION; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; NOISE POLLUTION;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CAR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PRESSURE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RELAXATION TRAINING; SOUND DETECTION; TIME; TRAFFIC NOISE; WATER FLOW;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACOUSTICS; ADULT; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; AUTOMOBILES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PRESSURE; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; RELAXATION; RELAXATION THERAPY; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS; WATER MOVEMENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872065795     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.4770242     Document Type: Article

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