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Loud Music Listening

open access: yesMcGill Journal of Medicine, 2020
Over the past four decades, there has been increasing interest in the effects of music listening on hearing. The purpose of this paper is to review published studies that detail the noise levels, the potential effects (e.g. noise-induced hearing loss), and the perceptions of those affected by music exposure in occupational and non-occupational settings.
openaire   +5 more sources

The Primate Name Yòu (狖) and Its Referents: Implications for the Future Conservation of François' Langurs in China 灵长类动物名称“狖”及其指代对象再钩沉: 对中国黑叶猴 (Trachypithecus francoisi) 未来保护的启迪

open access: yesIntegrative Conservation, EarlyView.
After the great Chinese poet Qu Yuan (屈原) was exiled to Xupu (溆浦) county in Hu' nan province, he described the forest there as follows: “mysterious is the deep forest, the place where Yuán yòu dwell (深林杳以冥冥兮,乃猿狖之所居).” What is the referent of the name Yuán yòu in this sentence?
Kefeng Niu
wiley   +1 more source

Methods for measuring the loudness and noisiness of complex sounds [PDF]

open access: yes, 1970
Physical and temporal aspects of sound which influence the rating of subjective noisiness are intensity, spectrum shape and bandwidth, spectral complexity, and duration.
Kryter, K.
core   +1 more source

Promising Practices of Out‐of‐School Time Programs for Low‐Income Adolescents: A Systematic Review

open access: yesJournal of Adolescence, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Out‐of‐school time (OST) programs can have a positive impact on youth outcomes, including academic achievement and social‐emotional development. However, there are vast inequities in program accessibility and quality, with low‐income adolescents being particularly underserved.
Rebecca S. Levine, Samantha Viano
wiley   +1 more source

Development and Current Status of the “Cambridge” Loudness Models

open access: yesTrends in Hearing, 2014
This article reviews the evolution of a series of models of loudness developed in Cambridge, UK. The first model, applicable to stationary sounds, was based on modifications of the model developed by Zwicker, including the introduction of a filter to ...
Brian C. J. Moore
doaj   +1 more source

In dubio pro silentio – Even Loud Music Does Not Facilitate Strenuous Ergometer Exercise

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2018
Background: Music listening is wide-spread in amateur sports. Ergometer exercise is one such activity which is often performed with loud music.Aim and Hypotheses: We investigated the effects of electronic music at different intensity levels on ergometer ...
Gunter Kreutz   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Loudness enhancement: Monaural, binaural and dichotic [PDF]

open access: yes
It is shown that when one tone burst precedes another by 100 msec variations in the intensity of the first systematically influences the loudness of second.
Elmasian, R. O., Galambos, R.
core   +1 more source

A New Metaheuristic Bat-Inspired Algorithm

open access: yes, 2010
Metaheuristic algorithms such as particle swarm optimization, firefly algorithm and harmony search are now becoming powerful methods for solving many tough optimization problems.
J. Kennedy   +9 more
core   +1 more source

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