Journal article
Subjective Response to Foot-Fall Noise, Including Localization of the Source Position
Although an impact noise level is objectively evaluated the same according to current standards, a lightweight floor structure is often subjectively judged more annoying than a heavy homogeneous structure. The hypothesis of the present investigation is that the subjective judgment of impact noise is more annoying if the source position can be localized; lightweight structures have a more localized radiation than heavy structures.
For the heavy structures the reverberant vibration field is dominant, therefore having a distributed radiation. A listening test is used to assess the subjective annoyance, using simulated binaural room impulse responses, with sources being a moving point source or a nonmoving surface source, and rooms being a room with a reverberation time of 0.5 s or an anechoic room.
The paper concludes that no strong effect of the source localization on the annoyance can be found.
Language: | English |
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Year: | 2011 |
Pages: | 904-908 |
ISSN: | 18619959 and 16101928 |
Types: | Journal article |
DOI: | 10.3813/AAA.918470 |
ORCIDs: | Brunskog, Jonas and Jeong, Cheol-Ho |