Subjective Experiment on Auditory Localization for Traffic Alarm Sounds

This article reports on a study of the effect of helmets on auditory localization for traffic alarm sounds. The authors note that when riding a motorbike with a helmet or driving a car, it is often experienced that determining the directions of alarm sounds such as horns and sirens of fire engine trucks or ambulances becomes difficult. This kind of auditory localization is seriously related to traffic safety. The authors examined the effects of covering the driver' s head with a helmet and sound transmission into a car on the auditory localization for traffic alarm sounds. To simulate a 3-dimensional sound field, a 6-channel recording reproduction technique was applied and the incident direction of the test sounds was varied in twelve horizontal directions.

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• Authors:
  • Yokoyama, Sakae
  • Tachibana, Hideki
• Publication Date: 2008-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Edition: Part 2
• Pagination: p 3722
• Serial:
  • Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
  • Volume: 123
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: Acoustical Society of America
  • ISSN: 0001-4966
  • Serial URL: http://asadl.org/jasa/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Ambulances; Audible warning devices; Auditory perception; Automobile drivers; Fire vehicles; Helmets; Sirens; Traffic safety; Warning signals
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01111323
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 29 2008 11:46AM