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Science of The Total Environment, 2014
To ensure appropriate soundscape management in urban environments, the urban-planning authorities need a range of tools that enable such a task to be performed. An essential step during the management of urban areas from a sound standpoint should be the evaluation of the soundscape in such an area.
Torija, Antonio J. +2 more
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To ensure appropriate soundscape management in urban environments, the urban-planning authorities need a range of tools that enable such a task to be performed. An essential step during the management of urban areas from a sound standpoint should be the evaluation of the soundscape in such an area.
Torija, Antonio J. +2 more
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Soundscape evaluation based on participatory design
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2023The traditional soundscape assessment method assesses people’s perception of a selected acoustic environment using questionnaires or interviews. However, fewer studies have been done to investigate other methods for methodological triangulation.
Yichun Lu, Siu-Kit LAU
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Modelling subjective evaluation of soundscape: Towards soundscape standardization.
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2011Based on a series of large scale surveys, this paper first analyzes the effects of social, demographical, and behavioral factors as well as long-term sound experience on the subjective evaluation of soundscape in urban open public spaces. Te paper then explores the feasibility of using computer-based artificial neural network to build models for ...
Jian Kang, Lei Yu
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Evaluating manufacturing environment soundscapes
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2019This work presents an investigation into the soundscape of a large, industrial manufacturing plant in Lincoln, Nebraska, including exploration of the noise reduction performance of sound enclosures. Occupational noise-induced hearing loss is among the most common nonfatal work-related injuries and illnesses in the U.S., and most efforts to reduce this ...
Brian J. Puckett, Erica E. Ryherd
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Shanxi Temple Soundscape Satisfaction Evaluation and Analysis
Advances in Economics and Management Research, 2023This paper studies the soundscape characteristics of three Buddhist temples in Shanxi Province, China. Through questionnaire survey and laboratory research, it analyzes the satisfaction evaluation of monks and tourists on the soundscape of temples in the off-season and peak season and compares the satisfaction differences of different periods and sound
Minting Zhao +3 more
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Evaluating hospital soundscapes to improve patient experience
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2017Patients routinely perceive hospital soundscapes to be poor when rating their experience on HCAHPS (Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems) surveys administered after discharge. In this study, sound levels within five hospital units were correlated with HCAHPS noise perception survey data. Acoustic metrics including A-weighted
Jay M, Bliefnick +2 more
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Non-auditory factors affecting urban soundscape evaluation
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2011The aim of this study is to characterize urban spaces, which combine landscape, acoustics, and lighting, and to investigate people’s perceptions of urban soundscapes through quantitative and qualitative analyses. A general questionnaire survey and soundwalk were performed to investigate soundscape perception in urban spaces.
Jin Yong, Jeon +3 more
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Evaluating the intensive care unit soundscape.
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2009The intermittent sounds in hospital wards may induce arousal among patients leading to responses such as annoyance, sleep disturbance, and cardio-vascular reactions. The sound environment as a whole may also affect the efficiency and general health among the staff.
Timothy Y. Hsu +2 more
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