READ ME File For ‘Threshold measurements for comparing aural detectability judgements’

Dataset DOI: 10.528/SOTON/D1111

ReadMe Author: Matthew Blyth, University of Southampton ORCID ID: 0000-0002-1584-3946

This dataset supports the thesis entitled: “Auditory fitness for duty: Acoustic stealth awareness”
AWARDED BY: University of Southampton
DATE OF AWARD: 2019

DESCRIPTION OF THE DATA
This dataset contains the threshold levels for whispered digits, white noise and pine cones measured in Experiment 3 in the thesis “Auditory fitness for duty: Acoustic stealth awareness”. The threshold represent the sound level (in dB SPL) at the target location in the situation simulated in Experiment 2 (see relevant dataset and ReadMe file for Experiment 2). The thresholds are expressed as levels (dB SPL) at the target for each sound for each distance (25, 50 and 100 m). 
Thresholds were measured using an automated threshold-seeking procedure based on that used for automated pure tone audiometry. Sound were presented via a loudspeaker directly in front of the seated participant in an anechoic chamber.
This experiment was approved by the University of Southampton ethics board (ERGO ID: 23783.A1)

Date of data collection: December 2018

Legal:
Copyright: CC-By
This doctoral project was funded by the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine.

Date that the file was created: September, 2019