- Author
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Bruck, D.
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Thomas, I.
- Title
- Comparison of the Effectiveness of Different Fire Notification Signals in Sleeping Older Adults.
- Coporate
- Victoria Univ., MCMC, Melbourne, 8001, Australia
- Journal
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Fire Technology,
Vol. 44,
No. 1/1st Quarter,
15-38,
March 2008
- Keywords
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adults
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elderly persons
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effectiveness
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sleep
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signals
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smoke detectors
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human behavior
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noise (sound)
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auditory perdeption
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methodolgy
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data analysis
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statistics
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females
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males
- Identifiers
- auditory arousal thresholds; auditory awakening thresholds (dB) to a 5 sec 800 Hz tone at three different age levels by stage of sleep; description and rationale for the four signals delivered in this study; numbers of participants as a function of their age and sex; minimum pure tone air conduction dBHL thresholds required to pass screening criteria; descriptive statistics and repeated measures ANOVA analyses for Auditory Arousal Threshold (AAT) and behavioural response time for the four signals; level of significance for pair-wise comparisons across the four signals; statistics and independent t-test analyses for AATs for the four signals presented for males versus females; statistics and independent t-test analyses for AATs for the four signals presented for 65-74 year olds versus 75-85 year olds; Mixed T-3; voice signal; signal continuity; experimental versus field settings