Loudness

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Florentine, Mary (Editor), Popper, Arthur N. (Editor), Fay, Richard R. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2011.
• Series: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, 37
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Neurosciences.; Otorhinolaryngology.; Neurobiology.; Life Sciences.

The topic of loudness is of considerable concern both in and outside of research laboratories. Most people have developed an opinion about some aspect of loudness, and many complain about the loudness of background sounds in their daily environments and their impacts on quality of life. Moreover, su...

Table of Contents:

• Overview: Definitions and Meaning of Loudness
• Measurement of Loudness, Part I: Methods, Problems, and Pitfalls
• Measurement of Loudness, Part II: Context Effects
• Correlates of Loudness
• Loudness in the Laboratory, Part I: Steady State Sounds
• Loudness in the Laboratory, Part II: Time-varying Sounds
• Binaural Loudness
• Loudness in the Real World
• Models of Loudness.