Effects of background noise alternating between two levels at varying time intervals on human perception and performance

Andrew Hathaway; Lily M. Wang

doi:10.1121/1.4800421

Effects of background noise alternating between two levels at varying time intervals on human perception and performance

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This research experiment aims to better quantify human perception and performance under increased background noise levels of varying intervals. Twenty-seven participants were tested over five 30 minute sessions where they were subjected to RC-29(H) and RC-47(RV) conditions created by broadband noise fluctuating on different time intervals. These intervals varied from two minutes to ten minutes, simulating the conditions of a noisy HVAC system turning on and off. The performance results of an arithmetic test dealing with short-term memory and a subjective questionnaire will be presented and compared to a similar test using broadband noise bursts and correlated to noise metrics such as perceived level (PL) and L1-L99.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	040121
Journal	Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics
Volume	19
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4800421
State	Published - 2013
Externally published	Yes
Event	21st International Congress on Acoustics, ICA 2013 - 165th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America - Montreal, QC, Canada Duration: Jun 2 2013 → Jun 7 2013

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