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An analysis of variance of magnitude estimates of loudness of three di
fferent types of complex auditory stimuli, instrumental music, instrum
ental music with vocal accompaniment, and spoken lyrics showed, for 10
0 young adults, no differences for the types of stimuli. The linguisti
c aspects of these complex auditory stimuli do not differentially infl
uence loudness judgments.