Subject: Shape of background noise From: "Hornsby, Benjamin Wade Young" <ben.hornsby@xxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 14:56:56 -0500 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C79BE2.2FD17326 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, I'm looking for some basic references showing spectra of "common" background noises (i.e. restaurant, office, outside near a street, etc...). I imagine there is some classic reference that (similar to Pearsons et al., for the speech people) that provides this type of data but I've not been able to find it. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Much, =20 Ben =20 Benjamin W.Y. Hornsby, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Vanderbilt University Medical Center Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences Graduate Studies and Research Room 8310 Medical Center East, South Tower 1215 21st Ave. South, Nashville, TN 37232-8242 =20 Phone: 615-936-5132 Fax: 615-936-6914 e-mail: ben.hornsby@xxxxxxxx =20 ------_=_NextPart_001_01C79BE2.2FD17326 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html xmlns:o=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:st1=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" = xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dus-ascii"> <meta name=3DGenerator content=3D"Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name=3D"address"/> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name=3D"PostalCode"/> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name=3D"State"/> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name=3D"City"/> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name=3D"Street"/> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name=3D"place"/> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name=3D"PlaceType"/> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name=3D"PlaceName"/> <!--[if !mso]> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--> <style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} span.EmailStyle17 {mso-style-type:personal-compose; font-family:Arial; color:windowtext;} @xxxxxxxx Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> </head> <body lang=3DEN-US link=3Dblue vlink=3Dpurple> <div class=3DSection1> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>I’m looking for some basic references showing = spectra of “common” background noises (i.e. restaurant, office, = outside near a street, etc…). I imagine there is some classic reference = that (similar to Pearsons et al., for the speech people) that provides this type of = data but I’ve not been able to find it. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Much,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Ben<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span = style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>Benjamin W.Y. Hornsby, Ph.D.<br> Assistant Professor<br> <u1:place u2:st=3D"on"><u1:PlaceName u2:st=3D"on"><st1:place = w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Vanderbilt</u1:PlaceName></st1:PlaceName> <u1:PlaceType = u2:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">University</u1:PlaceType></st1:PlaceType> <u1:PlaceName = u2:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Medical</u1:PlaceName></st1:PlaceName> <u1:PlaceType = u2:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceType = w:st=3D"on">Center</u1:PlaceType></u1:place></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><= br> Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences<br> Graduate Studies and Research<br> Room 8310 <u1:PlaceName u2:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName = w:st=3D"on">Medical</u1:PlaceName></st1:PlaceName> <u1:PlaceType u2:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceType = w:st=3D"on">Center</u1:PlaceType></st1:PlaceType> East, <u1:place u2:st=3D"on"><u1:PlaceName u2:st=3D"on"><st1:place = w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">South</u1:PlaceName></st1:PlaceName> <u1:PlaceType = u2:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceType = w:st=3D"on">Tower</u1:PlaceType></u1:place></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><b= r> <u1:address u2:st=3D"on"><u1:Street u2:st=3D"on"><st1:address = w:st=3D"on"><st1:Street w:st=3D"on">1215 21st Ave. South</u1:Street></st1:Street>, <u1:City = u2:st=3D"on"><st1:City w:st=3D"on">Nashville</u1:City></st1:City>, <u1:State = u2:st=3D"on"><st1:State w:st=3D"on">TN</u1:State></st1:State> <u1:PostalCode = u2:st=3D"on"><st1:PostalCode = w:st=3D"on">37232-8242</u1:PostalCode></u1:address></st1:PostalCode></st1= :address><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <div> <p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span = style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span = style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>Phone: 615-936-5132<br> Fax: 615-936-6914<br> e-mail: <a href=3D"mailto:ben.hornsby@xxxxxxxx" title=3D"mailto:ben.hornsby@xxxxxxxx">ben.hornsby@xxxxxxxx</a= ></span><o:p></o:p></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span = style=3D'font-size: 12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> </div> </body> </html> ------_=_NextPart_001_01C79BE2.2FD17326--