A new experimental method for evaluating the effectiveness of auditory signals under realistic background noise conditions: A randomized controlled pilot study

• Mako Katagiri,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Research Division of Product Reliability, Osaka Research Institute of Industrial Science and Technology, Izumi, Osaka, Japan, Department of Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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• Isuzu Nakamoto,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Tokyo Metropolitan Support Center for Preventative Long-term and Frail Elderly Care, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan

  Affiliation Department of Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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• Sayaka Uiji,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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• Tomoko Wakamura

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: wakamura.tomoko.5v@kyoto-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3086-4243

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