Aerospace Medicine Technical Reports

FAA Office of Aerospace Medicine
Civil Aerospace Medical Institute


Report No: DOT/FAA/AM-63/07

Title and Subtitle: Relation of earphone transient response to measurement of onset-duration

Report Date: March 1963

Authors: Tobias JV, Jeffress LA

Abstract: Measurements were made of the transient response of PDR-8 earphones. These data indicate that the original estimate of the onset-duration of auditory stimuli can be revised downward to 0.8 ms. Implicit in the results is a caveat on the faith one should have in the output of commonly used earphones with short- or single-transient inputs.

Key Words: earphone, onset-duration

No. of Pages: 6

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