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Acoustic Noise, An Informational Definition

1960; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 2; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1177/001872086000200308

1547-8181

Alan Burrows,

Music Technology and Sound Studies

Some theoretical considerations are made on the previous definitions of acoustic noise and the classification of its effects on organisms. A definition is proposed relating acoustic noise to its environmental source and the informational content of the specific task in which it occurs. An experimental study explores this proposal.