Family S · Synthetic · Experiment 4C
TEST CLICK AUDIBILITY
How quiet can a click get before it disappears into the noise it is buried in?
TEST CLICK AUDIBILITY · RUN
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Test methods
METHOD ANOMALY
What a participant does
A noise carrier runs continuously. Tiny click-like transients of several widths are inserted unpredictably. You press once when a transient is actually present.
The headline number
Click level needed for a transient to stand out of a noise bed, against click width
- Unit
- dB re the level you set
- Measured against
- the ceiling you set on the example transient, in the same session
Analysis
Estimators, uncertainty, and result interpretation are documented under Results and analysis.
Practicalities
- Session
- 10 min
- Course context
- Chapter 3