A soundscape approach for assessing indoor aural comfort subjected to road traffic noise
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Acoustics 2015 Hunter Valley 15-18 November 2015Abstract: Soundscape is defined as the acoustic environment as perceived and understood, by people, in context. It relates the aural space to the living environment towards the enhancement of acoustic experience. Soundscape approach is mostly used to investigate people's positive perception of outdoor environmental noise such as in parks, town squares, rural environments and recreational areas etc. However, it is rarely used in indoor residential context to assess acoustic comfort subjected to different environmental noises, for example road traffic noise - a major source of noise annoyance in cities. In addition, the use of psychoacoustic investigation is rather limited in literature in context of acoustic comfort in residential environment which often is useful in identifying specific soundscape quality.
Soundscape is defined as the acoustic environment as perceived and understood, by people, in context. It relates the aural space to the living environment towards the enhancement of acoustic experience. Soundscape approach is mostly used to investigate people's positive perception of outdoor environmental noise such as in parks, town squares, rural environments and recreational areas etc. However, it is rarely used in indoor residential context to assess acoustic comfort subjected to different environmental noises, for example road traffic noise - a major source of noise annoyance in cities. In addition, the use of psychoacoustic investigation is rather limited in literature in context of acoustic comfort in residential environment which often is useful in identifying specific soundscape quality.