NTL Record

Title Noise audiometry.
Record ID 39109
Personal Name
Creator
Tobias, Jerry V.
Corporate Creator Civil Aeromedical Institute
Corporate
Contributor
United States. Office of Aviation Medicine
Publisher Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
Publication Date 19710100
Language English
Abstract The displacement of a threshold from its measured-in-the-quiet value to the value it takes in the presence of another sound is masking. Measurement of that displacement is masking audiometry. And the measurement of displacements at a large number of frequencies produces masking patterns. This paper concerns itself with a procedure that produces masking patterns with good precision, sensitivity, and rapidity without the problems of tonal interference and beats that normally interfere with the determination of masking patterns. Several applications of the techniques are suggested, including one for determining the auditory effects produced by aircraft noises, and one for testing hearing protectors.
Rosap ID dot:20921
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/20921
TRT Terms Aircraft noise; Auditory perception; Audio frequency; Electromagnetic frequencies; Ear; Precision; Graphs; Interference; Sound; Acoustic waves; Acoustical pitch; Acoustic scattering; Acoustic emission; Acoustic measuring instruments; Measurement of electromagnetic phenomena; Protective clothing; Signals; Low frequency; Safety equipment
General Subjects Airplanes--Noise; Audiometry; Ear; Hearing; Auditory masking; Auditory perception; Noise; Sound; Audio frequency; Interference (Sound); Signals and signaling; Measuring instruments; Oscillators, Audio-frequency; Radio attenuators
Classification NTL - AVIATION - AVIATION;
NTL - AVIATION - Aviation Human Factors
Geographical
Coverage
United States
Report Number FAA-AM-71-1; DOT/FAA/AM-71/01
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/39000/39100/39109/AM71-01.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository