Wake-up levels for auditory warning? ("Bruce N. Walker" )


Subject: Wake-up levels for auditory warning?
From:    "Bruce N. Walker"  <walkerb(at)RUF.RICE.EDU>
Date:    Wed, 25 Feb 1998 13:54:55 -0600

Does anyone know how loud a sound needs to be to *wake up* the intended recipient (the sort of "smoke detector in the middle of the night" scenario)? Clearly it will depend on (at least) (1) the nature of the sound -- pitch, frequency components, temporal properties, speech/nonspeech; (2) the intervening environment -- the distance to the user, walls, background noise... Also, any info on the duration required at that dB level? Particularly effective temporal patterns or pitch ranges? By the way, I already have plenty of information on auditory warnings for awake listeners (e.g., Patterson). Any comments and references would be much appreciated - I will compile responses and post to the list. Regards, --Bruce ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bruce Walker (PC86-88) Rice University Psychology Department email: walkerb(at)rice.edu 6100 S. Main St., Houston, Texas, 77005 ph: (713) 522-2969 (home) (713) 527-8101 x3772 (office) Web: http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~walkerb (713) 285-5221 (fax) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


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