Guidelines for jury evaluations of automotive sounds

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Otto, Norm ^a   Amman, Scott ^a   Eaton, Chris ^b   Lake, Scott ^c  

^a FORD MOTOR COMPANY   (United States)

^b HEAD ACOUSTICS GMBH   (Germany)

^c GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; CONSUMER PRODUCTS;

PRODUCT SOUND QUALITIES; SOUND QUALITY;

SOUND REPRODUCTION;

EID: 85072419854     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/1999-01-1822     Document Type: Conference Paper

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