Conveners
A15.00 Psychoacoustics: S106
- Bernhard Laback (Austrian Academy of Sciences)
- Kai Siedenburg (CvO University of Oldenburg)
- Jan Rennies (Fraunhofer IDMT-HSA, Oldenburg)
- Sarah Verhulst (Ghent University)
- Piotr Majdak (Acoustics Research Institute, ÖAW)
A15.00 Psychoacoustics: P496
- Jan Rennies (Fraunhofer IDMT-HSA, Oldenburg)
- Piotr Majdak (Acoustics Research Institute, ÖAW)
- Bernhard Laback (Austrian Academy of Sciences)
- Sarah Verhulst (Ghent University)
- Kai Siedenburg (CvO University of Oldenburg)
A15.00 Psychoacoustics: S268
- Sarah Verhulst (Ghent University)
- Jan Rennies (Fraunhofer IDMT-HSA, Oldenburg)
- Kai Siedenburg (CvO University of Oldenburg)
- Piotr Majdak (Acoustics Research Institute, ÖAW)
- Bernhard Laback (Austrian Academy of Sciences)
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Jesko Verhey (Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg)08/09/2026, 13:20A15 Psychoacoustics
In general, loudness growth functions of normal-hearing (NH) listeners are compressive for medium to high stimulus levels. This compressive characteristic is commonly associated with the nonlinear input-output (I/O) function of the healthy cochlea. The present study investigated the relationship between loudness growth functions and cochlear response functions in NH listeners using...
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Olivier Macherey (LMA-CNRS)08/09/2026, 13:40A15 Psychoacoustics
Fundamental frequency difference limens (F0 DLs) for harmonic complex tones are much lower when the stimulus contains low-ranked harmonics (typically lower than 7 or 8) than when it only contains high-ranked harmonics (> 12), suggesting good performance requires the presence of spectrally resolved components. Here, we show that within a certain stimulus parameter range, introducing an...
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Felix Hochbaum (TU Berlin, Department of Engineering Acoustics)08/09/2026, 14:00A15 Psychoacoustics
Impulsive components can substantially increase noise annoyance, motivating the inclusion of impulse penalties in environmental noise assessment. While existing research and impulse penalty procedures mainly focus on level- and onset-related characteristics, the roles of the spectral content of impulses and temporal irregularity of impulse occurrences have received less attention. To explore...
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Matt Torjussen (University of Salford)08/09/2026, 14:00A15 Psychoacoustics
Sharpness is a well-established psychoacoustic attribute describing high-frequency spectral balance, but current objective measures treat it as a single dimension regardless of tonal content. This study was motivated by whether tonal and noise-like signals give rise to perceptually distinct types of sharpness and whether metrics should accommodate this distinction.Fourteen loudness-matched...
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Felix Hochbaum (TU Berlin, Department of Engineering Acoustics)08/09/2026, 14:20A15 Psychoacoustics
The psychoacoustic metric of roughness is key to many acoustic evaluations. Although several calculation methods are available, each method yields slightly different roughness values for different signal and modulation types. In addition, the practical interpretation of roughness values is often unclear due to the limited knowledge of absolute and just noticeable difference thresholds,...
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Stefan Schucker (Empa Acoustics and Noise Control 509)08/09/2026, 14:40A15 Psychoacoustics
Functional sleep soundscapes are a mainstream listening category, yet which acoustic properties keep users returning is unknown. We analyze twelve months of replay data from Sonoraa: Sleep and Focus Sounds (77'408 users), reconstructing each user's self-assembled sound mixes from event logs (app-initiated audio excluded) and computing every mix's spectrum from calibrated spectra of its...
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Andreas Herweg (HEAD acoustics GmbH)08/09/2026, 15:20A15 Psychoacoustics
Loudness, sharpness, tonality, roughness, fluctuation strength, relative approach, Fast Fourier Transform, modulation spectrum (and many others...). The number of acoustic analyses can be daunting for inexperienced users. One consequence of this is that even when there may be a perfect match between an industrial problem and an acoustic solution, this link can be obfuscated by the lack of user...
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Kirsten van den Bosch (University of Groningen)08/09/2026, 15:40A15 Psychoacoustics
This paper presents proof of concept of studying the psychological effects of binaural beat (BB) stimulation with silent disco headphones as means of delivery. It describes a comprehensive dataset and analysis on the effects of BB embedded in music on working memory and self-reported relaxation. The experiment employed a between-subjects design with three conditions (10-Hz BB, 40-Hz BB, and...
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Julia Wesołowska (Adam Mickiewicz University)08/09/2026, 16:00A15 Psychoacoustics
Background. More than a century after the first description of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), its etiology remains poorly understood and currently available treatments offer limited efficacy. The socioeconomic burden is substantial, with care costs projected to exceed €250 billion annually in Europe by 2030. Aging is the strongest risk factor, making prevention and early diagnosis key public health...
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Chiara Visentin (University of Ferrara)08/09/2026, 16:20A15 Psychoacoustics
This study investigates listening effort in audiovisual speech perception, with a focus on the use of virtual avatars as an alternative to real speakers. An audiovisual version of the Italian Matrix Sentence Test was developed, together with a dedicated toolbox (SPiNE - SPeech in Noise & Listening Effort Assessment) for administering speech intelligibility and listening effort measurements....
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Fabrice Aubin (SNCF Voyageurs)08/09/2026, 16:40A15 Psychoacoustics
This study was carried out within CEN TC256 WG3 as part of ongoing work towards a new European standard for evaluating audible warnings in train drivers’ cabs. The purpose was to investigate and compare methods of assessing audibility to inform the proposal for a standardised methodology.Controlled subjective tests were conducted in a mock-up train cab, where ambient noise recordings from...
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