An acoustic approach to diver navigation. 1986

H Hollien, and J W Hicks, and B Klepper

Three experiments were carried out to assess the capability of divers to localize acoustic signals underwater and to navigate by them. In the first experiment, divers attempted to determine the correct distance to several underwater transducers projecting acoustic stimuli on a horizontal plane. The second experiment consisted of two related studies where the diver/subjects attempted to discover which of many possible stimuli would produce the most robust perception of underwater "sound movement," or the Underwater Auditory Phi Phenomenon (UAPP). A third experiment consisted of navigational swims by divers; the acoustic stimuli utilized were based on those identified in prior experiments as the most preferred. The results demonstrated that divers are able to discriminate among signals emanating from acoustic sources at various distances underwater and to do so at levels well above chance. Second, divers judged 500-Hz square waves to be the signal which best facilitated an acceptable UAPP; thermal noise and 1-kHz square waves followed in that order. However, these differences were only slight and, in practice, divers maintained that the noise signal was the most useful. Third, it was found that divers apparently can effectively navigate by means of auditory signals alone--at least within certain limits. Finally, a significant decrease in the discrimination abilities of divers for frequencies above 6 kHz suggests that intensity cues may not be as robust as time-of-arrival information with respect to underwater sound localization.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D004192 Discrimination, Psychological Differential response to different stimuli. Discrimination, Psychology,Psychological Discrimination
D004242 Diving An activity in which the organism plunges into water. It includes scuba and bell diving. Diving as natural behavior of animals goes here, as well as diving in decompression experiments with humans or animals. Divings
D005069 Evaluation Studies as Topic Works about studies that determine the effectiveness or value of processes, personnel, and equipment, or the material on conducting such studies. Critique,Evaluation Indexes,Evaluation Methodology,Evaluation Report,Evaluation Research,Methodology, Evaluation,Pre-Post Tests,Qualitative Evaluation,Quantitative Evaluation,Theoretical Effectiveness,Use-Effectiveness,Critiques,Effectiveness, Theoretical,Evaluation Methodologies,Evaluation Reports,Evaluation, Qualitative,Evaluation, Quantitative,Evaluations, Qualitative,Evaluations, Quantitative,Indexes, Evaluation,Methodologies, Evaluation,Pre Post Tests,Pre-Post Test,Qualitative Evaluations,Quantitative Evaluations,Report, Evaluation,Reports, Evaluation,Research, Evaluation,Test, Pre-Post,Tests, Pre-Post,Use Effectiveness
D006309 Hearing The ability or act of sensing and transducing ACOUSTIC STIMULATION to the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. It is also called audition. Audition
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000161 Acoustic Stimulation Use of sound to elicit a response in the nervous system. Auditory Stimulation,Stimulation, Acoustic,Stimulation, Auditory
D001307 Auditory Perception The process whereby auditory stimuli are selected, organized, and interpreted by the organism. Auditory Processing,Perception, Auditory,Processing, Auditory
D013017 Sound Localization Ability to determine the specific location of a sound source. Auditory Localization,Auditory Localizations,Localization, Auditory,Localization, Sound,Localizations, Auditory,Localizations, Sound,Sound Localizations

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