Infant Responses to Recorded Sounds

1968 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 811-816 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maurice I. Mendel
Keyword(s):  
White Noise ◽  
Narrow Band ◽  
Limited Bandwidth ◽  
Broadband Spectrum ◽  
Continuous Band

Thirty infants, ranging in age from 4 to 11 months, were tested with five different recorded sounds that varied in bandwidth and temporal configuration: a continuous band of white noise, the same band of noise interrupted twice per second, the crinkling of onionskin paper, a narrow band of noise centered at 3000 Hz, and a warbled 3000 Hz tone. With loudness and duration of the stimuli held constant, more responses occurred to sounds composed of a broadband spectrum than to those of a limited bandwidth. Temporal configuration of the sound had no effect on the number of responses elicited.

Relationships between acoustic reflex patterns elicited by unfiltered white noise and narrow band white noise stimuli of different duration but of the same intensity

1985 ◽  
Vol 99 (9) ◽  
pp. 857-863 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanni Rossi ◽  
Paolo Solero ◽  
M. Rolando
Keyword(s):  
White Noise ◽  
Narrow Band ◽  
Acoustic Signals ◽  
The Other ◽  
Acoustic Reflex ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Recruitment Time

AbstractFor the purpose of this study, acoustic signals were generated by an Amplaid MK VI. An Amplaid 702 impedence meter was connected to its averaging section and to its computer. The stimuli were bursts of unfiltered white noise (UWN) and of narrow band white noise (NBWN; 30 db./oct/slope; central frequencies 1,000, 2,000, 4,000 Hz.) lasting 3–1,000 msec, at intensity of 105 db. SPL p.e. The following parameters were evaluated: stapedius contraction latency, amplitude, duration and recruitment time. It was found that latency was independent of the spectrum of the stimulus and its duration. Amplitude and recruitment time, on the other hand, were related to spectrum and duration, while duration of contraction was directly related to the duration of the stimulus only.

Narrow-Band Masking with White Noise

1959 ◽  
Vol 50 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 116-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gunnar Lidén ◽  
Gunnar Nilsson ◽  
Henry Anderson
Keyword(s):  
White Noise ◽  
Narrow Band

Comparative Bekesy Typing with Broad and Modulated Narrow-Band Noise

1969 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 840-846
Author(s):  
Charles T. Grimes ◽  
Alan S. Feldman
Keyword(s):  
White Noise ◽  
Narrow Band ◽  
Band Width ◽  
Masking Effect ◽  
Type Ii ◽  
Noise Masking ◽  
Narrow Band Noise ◽  
Band Noise ◽  
Continuous Tone ◽  
Békésy Audiometry

This study explored the effectiveness of modulated narrow-band noise as a masking source for sweep-frequency Bekesy audiometry. Five sophisticated normal-hearing subjects traced Bekesy audiometry thresholds for pulsed and continuous tone with no masking and under three conditions of contralateral masking: (1) white noise, (2) modulated narrow-band noise with a constant band-width of ±150 Hz, and (3) modulated narrow-band noise with a band-width of ±300 Hz. Results indicated that the continuous tone tracing obtained under the second condition separated from the pulsed tracing supportive of a Type II tracing. With the third condition, pulsed-continuous differences were somewhat smaller. Under the first condition, the difference between pulsed and continuous tracings was not apparent. When two unsophisticated subjects were tested with the modified band-width noise, results indicated extreme variation between pulsed and continuous tracings. We concluded that the masking effect of a constant band-width modulated narrow-band noise is about the same as that of white noise for a pulsed tone tracing. However, the use of a modulated narrow-band noise masking source may cause false Type II Bekesy audiograms due to the greater masking effect on a continuous tone threshold.

The Influence of Added Narrow Band Noises and Tones on the Subjective Response to Shaped “White” Noise

1967 ◽  
Vol 71 (678) ◽  
pp. 428-430 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. J. Hargest ◽  
R. A. Pinker
Keyword(s):  
White Noise ◽  
Narrow Band ◽  
Subjective Assessment ◽  
Subjective Response

SummaryExperiments on the influence of added narrow band sounds on the subjective assessment of noise were conducted at the NGTE 1966 Open Week and at the 1966 SBAC Show, with over two thousand people participating. The results clarify the apparently conflicting observations of earlier workers and show definitely that the presence of a narrow band content can significantly influence the degree of disturbance caused by noise of the type generated by aircraft near an airport.

scholarly journals Computation of the Optimal Normal Load of a Friction Damper Under Different Types of Excitation

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Cha ◽  
A. Sinha
Keyword(s):  
White Noise ◽  
Narrow Band ◽  
Normal Load ◽  
Harmonic Balance Method ◽  
Random Excitation ◽  
Linearization Method ◽  
Equivalent Linearization ◽  
Friction Damper ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Sinusoidal Excitation

In this paper, forced responses of a frictionally damped turbine blade are investigated for three different types of excitation: white noise excitation, narrow band random excitation and deterministic sinusoidal excitation. To determine the steady state nonlinear response, the harmonic balance method is used for sinusoidal excitation, and the equivalent linearization method is used for white noise and narrow band random excitations. Using a new set of nondimensionalized variables, the optimal value of normal load of a friction damper is found to be almost independent of the nature of excitation. The effectiveness of the damper in reducing the vibration level is also examined for the aforementioned three different types of excitation.

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