INTENSITY MONITORING PERFORMANCE AS A FUNCTION OF TRAINING.

Abstract

Ten subjects monitored five speech samples at five different levels of intensity. Each subject was required to watch the Volume Unit (VU) meter, listen to the spoken material and set an average level for recording what was heard. Five of the subjects had considerable experience with audio equipment and formed the trained group; the other five subjects had no familiarity with sound recording instruments and formed the untrained group. There were no differences in the monitoring of vocal intensity between the trained and untrained groups with respect to Mean Performance level and variability. Training did not affect performance scores at the different intensity levels. Performance scores on different reading passages were significantly different for the trained and untrained groups. The trained group was less variable than the untrained group from one passage to another. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 28, 1954
Accession Number
AD0639098

Entities

People

  • Bernard Spilka
  • M. D. Steer
  • R. C. Bilger

Organizations

  • Purdue University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Intensity
  • Monitoring
  • Training

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.