A Graphic Method for Predicting Audibility of Noise Sources

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Report Number: AFWAL TR 82-3086
Author(s): Fidell, Sanford, Horonjeff, Richard
Corporate Author(s): Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc.
Laboratory: Flight Dynamics Laboratory
Date of Publication: 1982-0-01
Pages: 42
Contract: F33615-82-M-3221
DoD Project: 2401
DoD Task: 240101
Identifier: ADA123736

Abstract:
This report provides the technical rationale for revision of a chart developed by Fidell, Pearsons, and Bennett (1972). This chart expresses the relationships between signal-to-noise ratio and frequency that govern detectability of acoustic signals by human observers. The chart permits a user: 1) to predict the frequency region of a spectrum that is most detectable in any given ambient noise background; 2) to quantify the degree of detectability of the signal in question; and 3) to estimate reduction in signal-to-noise ratio necessary to render the signal undetectable

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