Perspectives on wanted and unwanted sounds in outdoor environments : Studies of masking, stress recovery, and speech intelligibility

An acoustic environment contains sounds from various sound sources, some generally perceived as wanted, others as unwanted. This thesis examines the effects of wanted and unwanted sounds in acoustic environments, with regard to masking, stress recovery, and speech intelligibility. In urban settings,...

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Main Author: Alvarsson, Jesper J.
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Stockholms universitet, Psykologiska institutionen 2013
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-95661
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