Soundscape categorization on the basis of objective acoustical parameters

Rychtáriková, Monika; Vermeir, Gerrit

doi:10.1016/j.apacoust.2011.01.004

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“…Psychoacoustic descriptors of time-varying and spectrally complex sounds developed since the 1950s [37,38] have more recently found their way into soundscape research [39][40][41][42][43][44][45]. Loudness expresses the experience of a sound's intensity and is measured in sone.…”

Section: Sound Recordings and Psychoacoustic Descriptorsmentioning

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Personality Traits Bias the Perceived Quality of Sonic Environments

Lindborg

Friberg

2016

Applied Sciences

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Abstract:There have been few empirical investigations of how individual differences influence the perception of the sonic environment. The present study included the Big Five traits and noise sensitivity as personality factors in two listening experiments (n = 43, n = 45). Recordings of urban and restaurant soundscapes that had been selected based on their type were rated for Pleasantness and Eventfulness using the Swedish Soundscape Quality Protocol. Multivariate multiple regression analysis showed that ratings depended on the type and loudness of both kinds of sonic environments and that the personality factors made a small yet significant contribution. Univariate models explained 48% (cross-validated adjusted R 2 ) of the variation in Pleasantness ratings of urban soundscapes, and 35% of Eventfulness. For restaurant soundscapes the percentages explained were 22% and 21%, respectively. Emotional stability and noise sensitivity were notable predictors whose contribution to explaining the variation in quality ratings was between one-tenth and nearly half of the soundscape indicators, as measured by squared semipartial correlation. Further analysis revealed that 36% of noise sensitivity could be predicted by broad personality dimensions, replicating previous research. Our study lends empirical support to the hypothesis that personality traits have a significant though comparatively small influence on the perceived quality of sonic environments.

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Section: Sound Recordings and Psychoacoustic Descriptorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Personality Traits Bias the Perceived Quality of Sonic Environments

Lindborg

Friberg

2016

Applied Sciences

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“…Cain et al found that two independent emotional dimensions of a soundscape related to its "Calmness" and "Vibrancy" [13]. Rychtarikova and Vermeir evaluated urban soundscape by the objective analysis of binaural sound recordings, and classified the sound samples collected in urban public into 20 soundscape categories [14]. Yu and Kang examined the effects of cultural factors on the evaluation of acoustic quality of residential areas through questionnaire surveys in Taiwan and UK [15].…”

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Soundscape evaluation in Han Chinese Buddhist temples

Zhang

Liu

et al. 2016

Applied Acoustics

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“…Previous research has addressed both subjective and objective measures of soundscapes, but usually only on the totality of the soundscape and not simultaneously on the subjective, the objective and the individual contributors to the soundscape [2][3][4][5]. The approach described here is intended to examine all three aspects, and provide sufficient quantitative information that traditional noise control methods can be applied to individual sources with the goal of improving the soundscapes people experience.…”

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“…Different methods have been tried for describing soundscapes with acoustic metrics [5], or with verbal descriptions of soundscapes and sources [3,9]. These tend to rate the total soundscape and often use either a subjective evaluation or a physical description (e.g., use of sound quality metrics [5]).…”

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“…These tend to rate the total soundscape and often use either a subjective evaluation or a physical description (e.g., use of sound quality metrics [5]). However, in order to provide information useful for decision making and for application of traditional noise control methods, contributors to the soundscape, both the desirable and undesirable, need to be identified and ultimately associated with objective measures.…”

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Understanding Soundscapes

Miller

2013

Buildings

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This paper offers a new approach to understanding, improving and designing soundscapes. "Soundscape" means all the sounds that can be heard in a specific location. Soundscapes can be understood only through peoples' perceptions, and this paper proposes using those perceptions to link soundscape improvement and design with traditional noise control methods. Decades of experience have yielded in-depth understanding of how undesirable sounds may be controlled or reduced. The control methods, however, are generally applicable to single sources of sound while soundscapes are composed of multiple sounds. Using human judgments, first in the laboratory and later in the field, it will be possible to deconstruct any soundscape into its desirable and undesirable sounds, which may then, one-by-one, be subjected to proven methods of noise control. This approach includes complications, not the least of which is deciding how much the undesirable sounds should be reduced to perceptually improve the soundscape. Previous published studies, primarily laboratory, but also field studies, suggest that initial laboratory work followed by increasingly complex field applications, should result in an understanding of how soundscapes can be improved and desirable ones designed.Keywords: soundscape; noise; acoustical design; urban design Sustainability and the Role of SoundscapesSustainability in planning and design implies spaces that are planned, designed and managed to achieve the "triple bottom line" of being economical, environmentally friendly and improving the quality of life. The quality of life dimension addressed here is the sound environment (soundscape) which we experience in those spaces. Most places that we live, work, play and move through are OPEN ACCESS

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Soundscape categorization on the basis of objective acoustical parameters

Cited by 93 publications

References 13 publications

Personality Traits Bias the Perceived Quality of Sonic Environments

Personality Traits Bias the Perceived Quality of Sonic Environments

Soundscape evaluation in Han Chinese Buddhist temples

Understanding Soundscapes

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