HUMAN RANGING OF A SOUND SOURCE OF UNKNOWN INTENSITY.

Abstract

A modification is proposed in Hirsch's equation for determining the range of a sound source of unknown strength (H. R. Hirsch, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 43, 373-374 (1968)). The modified formula is free of approximations and reduces to Woodworth's solution in the limit. Greene's Comments on Hirsch's Letter are shown to incorrectly estimate the relative error in human auditory ranging (D. C. Greene, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 44, 634 (1968)). In a brief experiment two subjects were unable to make distance judgments. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 30, 1969
Accession Number
AD0699948

Entities

People

  • John Molino

Organizations

  • Columbia University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cognition
  • Equations
  • Intensity
  • Judgment
  • Mathematics
  • Mental Processes

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Auditory Neuroscience/Auditory Physiology.
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  • Theoretical Analysis.