The subjective effect of low frequency content in road traffic noise

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 189-198

  Torija, Antonio J ^a   Flindell, Ian H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NOISE POLLUTION; ROADS AND STREETS;

APPLICATION AREA; FREQUENCY CONTENTS; FREQUENCY-WEIGHTING; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; LOW-FREQUENCY; ROAD TRAFFIC NOISE; SOUND LEVEL; TYPICAL URBAN;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EMOTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZATION; SOUND DETECTION; TRAFFIC NOISE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EMOTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRITABLE MOOD; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; PITCH PERCEPTION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923792880     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.4904542     Document Type: Article

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