An exploratory evaluation of perceptual, psychoacoustic and acoustical properties of urban soundscapes
Deborah A. Hall*, Amy Irwin, Mark Edmondson-Jones, Scott Phillips, John E. W. Poxon
National Institute for Health Research
MRC Institute Of Hearing Research
The present study reports an exploration of the multi-dimensional space involved in listening to soundscape recordings made in different city-based settings. A range of perceptual, psychoacoustic and acoustical properties were examined using a range of statistical methods including principal components analysis and multiple regression. Just as the affective responses to individual sound sources have often been described in terms of pleasantness and arousal (or vibrancy), so could the acoustic scenarios of urban life. However, different from previous research, the acoustic and psychoacoustic variables contributed very little to judgements about pleasantness and vibrancy. We surmise that the perceived quality of the soundscape is very much an individual subjective experience that is likely to be embedded within contextual domain and that it probably relates to personal preference, past history and other social and cultural factors.
Applied Acoustics
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2011.03.006
Affective responses
10.1016/j.apacoust.2011.03.006
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Hall, D. A., Irwin, A., Edmondson-Jones, M., Phillips, S., & Poxon, J. E. W. (2013). An exploratory evaluation of perceptual, psychoacoustic and acoustical properties of urban soundscapes. Applied Acoustics, 74(2), 248-254. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2011.03.006
Hall, Deborah A. ; Irwin, Amy ; Edmondson-Jones, Mark et al. / An exploratory evaluation of perceptual, psychoacoustic and acoustical properties of urban soundscapes. In: Applied Acoustics. 2013 ; Vol. 74, No. 2. pp. 248-254.
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Hall, DA, Irwin, A, Edmondson-Jones, M, Phillips, S & Poxon, JEW 2013, 'An exploratory evaluation of perceptual, psychoacoustic and acoustical properties of urban soundscapes', Applied Acoustics, vol. 74, no. 2, pp. 248-254. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2011.03.006
An exploratory evaluation of perceptual, psychoacoustic and acoustical properties of urban soundscapes. / Hall, Deborah A.; Irwin, Amy; Edmondson-Jones, Mark et al.
In: Applied Acoustics, Vol. 74, No. 2, 02.2013, p. 248-254.
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Hall DA, Irwin A, Edmondson-Jones M, Phillips S, Poxon JEW. An exploratory evaluation of perceptual, psychoacoustic and acoustical properties of urban soundscapes. Applied Acoustics. 2013 Feb;74(2):248-254. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2011.03.006