A comparison of the startle effects resulting from exposure to two levels of simulated sonic booms.

Thackray, Richard I.; Touchstone, Robert M.; Bailey, Joe P.; Civil Aeromedical Institute

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A comparison of the startle effects resulting from exposure to two levels of simulated sonic booms.

1973-12-01
By Thackray, Richard I. ; Touchstone, Robert M. ; Bailey, Joe P.

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Thackray, Richard I. ; Touchstone, Robert M. ; Bailey, Joe P.

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Civil Aeromedical Institute
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United States. Office of Aviation Medicine
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Adaptation (Psychology) Attention Experiments Eye--Movements Eye Movements Galvanic Skin Response Habituation (Neuropsychology) Heart Beat Heart Rate Human Subject Testing Motor Reactions Noise Noise--Physiological Effect Orienting Reflex Performance Performance Measurement Reaction Time Reflexes Sonic Boom Sonic Tests Startle Reaction Training Simulators
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FAA-AM-73-16 ; DOT/FAA/AM-73/16

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Tech Report
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United States
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OAM report.
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Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
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Subjects were exposed indoors to simulated sonic booms having outside overpressures of 50 and 150 N/sq m. Rise times were held constant at 5.5 msecs. In addition to the outside measurements, inside measures of dBlin and dBA were also obtained. Subjects attempted to hold a hand-steadiness device on target during boom exposure and amplitude of the arm-hand startle response was determined. Recordings were also obtained of the skin conductance and heart-rate responses as well as the eye-blink reflex.

Although the 50 N/sq m boom produced slight arm-hand startle responses in a small percentage of subjects, the frequency of these responses was significantly greater to the higher boom level. Tentative conclusions advanced that sonic booms experienced indoors may cause slight arm-hand startle responses which could have adverse effects on occupational tasks in which arm-hand steadiness is the principal skill required, but that it seems unlikely these responses would significantly impair performance on less sensitive psychomotor tasks.
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