The psychoacoustics of the irrelevant sound effect

Acoustical Science and Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 10-16

  Ellermeier, Wolfgang ^a   Zimmer, Karin ^b  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b GERMAN INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auditory distraction; Fluctuation strength; Irrelevant sound effect; Irrelevant speech effect; Noise effects

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY DISTRACTION; FLUCTUATION STRENGTHS; IRRELEVANT SOUND EFFECTS; IRRELEVANT SPEECH EFFECT; NOISE EFFECTS;

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ACOUSTIC WAVE EFFECTS; ACOUSTICS; SPECTROSCOPY;

SPEECH;

EID: 84892378325     PISSN: 13463969     EISSN: 13475177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1250/ast.35.10     Document Type: Review

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