TY - CHAP

T1 - Loudness

AU - Howard, David

PY - 2019/3/22

Y1 - 2019/3/22

N2 - Loudness is the level of a sound as perceived by a listener. Our lives are increasingly becoming more dominated by human-made sounds around us, and the loudness of such sounds becomes important when they interfere with the ability to comprehend speech, or to focus on listening to music or other wanted sounds, or to sleep or relax. Exposure to loud sounds can cause permanent hearing damage, which only manifests itself as an issue in future years when one needs a hearing aid earlier than the average population.

AB - Loudness is the level of a sound as perceived by a listener. Our lives are increasingly becoming more dominated by human-made sounds around us, and the loudness of such sounds becomes important when they interfere with the ability to comprehend speech, or to focus on listening to music or other wanted sounds, or to sleep or relax. Exposure to loud sounds can cause permanent hearing damage, which only manifests itself as an issue in future years when one needs a hearing aid earlier than the average population.

KW - speech

KW - language

KW - acoustics

KW - audio

U2 - http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483380810.n366

DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483380810.n366

M3 - Chapter

SN - 978-1483380834

SN - 1483380831

SP - 1121

BT - The SAGE Encyclopedia of Human Communication Sciences and Disorders

A2 - Damico, Jack

A2 - Ball, Martin

PB - Sage Knowledge

ER -