@@ -509,18 +509,18 @@ def _energy_ratio(limits, energy_decay_curve1, energy_decay_curve2):
509509
510510 return energy_ratio
511511
512- def late_lateral_sound_level (energy_decay_curve_ref_10m ,
513- energy_decay_curve_lateral ):
512+ def late_lateral_sound_level (energy_decay_curve_free_field ,
513+ energy_decay_curve_room_lateral ):
514514 r"""
515515 Calculate the late lateral sound level.
516516
517- The late lateral sound level :math:`L_\mathrm{J}` is a measure of the
518- strength of late-arriving lateral sound.
519- According to [#isoLLJ]_, it is defined as the level ratio between the
520- lateral sound energy captured with a figure of eight microphone
521- arriving after 80 ms and the total sound energy of a reference
522- impulse response measured with an omnidirectional microphone
523- at a distance of 10 m in the free field .
517+ The late lateral sound level :math:`L_\mathrm{J}` quantifies the strength
518+ of late-arriving lateral sound energy. According to ISO 3382-1 [#isoLLJ]_,
519+ it is defined as the level ratio between the late lateral sound energy
520+ captured with a figure-of- eight microphone and the total sound energy of a
521+ reference impulse response measured with an omnidirectional microphone at
522+ a distance of 10 m in the free field. It is a measure of listener
523+ envelopment .
524524
525525 The parameter is defined as
526526
@@ -556,12 +556,12 @@ def late_lateral_sound_level(energy_decay_curve_ref_10m,
556556
557557 Parameters
558558 ----------
559- energy_decay_curve_ref_10m : pyfar.TimeData
560- Energy decay curve of the reference impulse response measured
561- with an omnidirectional microphone at 10 m distance in the
559+ energy_decay_curve_free_field : pyfar.TimeData
560+ Energy decay curve of the reference free field impulse response
561+ measured vwith an omnidirectional microphone at 10 m distance in the
562562 free field. The EDC must start at time zero.
563563
564- energy_decay_curve_lateral : pyfar.TimeData
564+ energy_decay_curve_room_lateral : pyfar.TimeData
565565 Energy decay curve of the room impulse response measured with a
566566 figure-eight microphone oriented according to [#isoLLJ]_
567567 (zero axis pointing towards the source). The EDC must start at
@@ -585,8 +585,8 @@ def late_lateral_sound_level(energy_decay_curve_ref_10m,
585585 limits = np .array ([0.0 , np .inf , 0.08 , np .inf ])
586586
587587 return 10 * np .log10 (_energy_ratio (limits ,
588- energy_decay_curve_ref_10m ,
589- energy_decay_curve_lateral ))
588+ energy_decay_curve_free_field ,
589+ energy_decay_curve_room_lateral ))
590590
591591def sound_strength (energy_decay_curve_room ,
592592 energy_decay_curve_free_field ):
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