Subject: Subjective evaluation of sounds for pleasantness From: "Kidd, Gary R." <kidd@xxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:08:59 -0500 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>--_000_B6B186B039447E4A9E99A26BD5099D98398DE8FBiumssgmbx05adsi_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Chuck Watson and I did a study of "sound quality" a few years ago that incl= uded "pleasantness" and 19 other subjective evaluations of 145 environmenta= l sounds. We used a semantic differential technique and examined the relat= ions between acoustic variables and rating judgments for different sound ca= tegories. We found that the acoustic correlates of pleasantness depended o= n the identity of the source. This is reminiscent of some earlier work sho= wing that the annoyance level of a noise depends on attitudes towards the s= ource of the noise. Here's the reference: Kidd, G. R., & Watson, C. S. (2003). The perceptual dimensionality of envi= ronmental sounds. Noise Control Engineering Journal, 51, 216-231. - Gary ------------------------------------------------------ Gary R. Kidd Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences Indiana University Bloomington, IN 47405 --_000_B6B186B039447E4A9E99A26BD5099D98398DE8FBiumssgmbx05adsi_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html xmlns:v=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o=3D"urn:schemas-micr= osoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:m=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns=3D"http:= //www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; charset=3Dus-ascii"= > <meta name=3DGenerator content=3D"Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)"> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @xxxxxxxx {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} @xxxxxxxx {font-family:Consolas; panose-1:2 11 6 9 2 2 4 3 2 4;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-priority:99; color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-priority:99; color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} p.MsoPlainText, li.MsoPlainText, div.MsoPlainText {mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-link:"Plain Text Char"; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:10.5pt; font-family:Consolas;} span.PlainTextChar {mso-style-name:"Plain Text Char"; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-link:"Plain Text"; font-family:Consolas;} span.EmailStyle19 {mso-style-type:personal; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:windowtext;} span.EmailStyle20 {mso-style-type:personal; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D;} span.EmailStyle21 {mso-style-type:personal-reply; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; font-size:10.0pt;} @xxxxxxxx Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapedefaults v:ext=3D"edit" spidmax=3D"1026" /> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout v:ext=3D"edit"> <o:idmap v:ext=3D"edit" data=3D"1" /> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--> </head> <body lang=3DEN-US link=3Dblue vlink=3Dpurple> <div class=3DSection1> <p class=3DMsoPlainText>Chuck Watson and I did a study of "sound quality" a few years ago that included "pleasantness" and 19 other subjective evaluations of 145 environmental sounds. We used a semantic differential technique and examined the relations between acoustic variables and rating judgments for different sound categories. We fou= nd that the acoustic correlates of pleasantness depended on the identity of th= e source. This is reminiscent of some earlier work showing that the annoyance level of a noise depends on attitudes towards the source of the noise.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoPlainText>Here's the reference:<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoPlainText>Kidd, G. R., & Watson, C. S. (2003). The perceptual dimensionality of environmental sounds. Noise Control Engineering Journal, 51, 216-231.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoPlainText> - Gary<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>------------------------------------------------------= <o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>Gary R. Kidd<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences<o:p></o:p></= p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>Indiana University<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>Bloomington, IN 47405<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> </div> </body> </html> --_000_B6B186B039447E4A9E99A26BD5099D98398DE8FBiumssgmbx05adsi_--