title: Effectiveness of a loudness model for time-varying sounds in equating the loudness of sentences subjected to different forms of signal processing.
abstract: A model for the loudness of time-varying sounds [Glasberg and Moore (2012). J. Audio. Eng. Soc. 50, 331-342] was assessed for its ability to predict the loudness of sentences that were processed to either decrease or increase their dynamic fluctuations. In a paired-comparison task, subjects compared the loudness of unprocessed and processed sentences that had been equalized in (1) root-mean square (RMS) level; (2) the peak long-term loudness predicted by the model; (3) the mean long-term loudness predicted by the model. Method 2 was most effective in equating the loudness of the original and processed sentences.
authors.affiliation: Toshiba Research Europe Ltd., Cambridge Research Laboratory, 208 Cambridge Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 0GZ, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Tudor-Cătălin
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Zorilă
authors.affiliation: Toshiba Research Europe Ltd., Cambridge Research Laboratory, 208 Cambridge Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 0GZ, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Yannis
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Stylianou
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EB, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Sheila
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Flanagan
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EB, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Brian C J
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Moore
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001302:Audiometry, Speech; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008144:Loudness Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008954:Models, Biological; D013016:Sound; D013065:Speech Intelligibility; D013067:Speech Perception; D013997:Time Factors; D055815:Young Adult