Conveners
A15.05 Psychological and physiological responses to environmental and product noise: S110
- Massimiliano Masullo (Università degli Studi della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”)
- Margret Sibylle Engel (Dresden University of Technology)
A15.05 Psychological and physiological responses to environmental and product noise: P510
- Massimiliano Masullo (Università degli Studi della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”)
- Margret Sibylle Engel (Dresden University of Technology)
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Tom COLAS (ENTPE)08/09/2026, 13:20A15 Psychoacoustics
Short-term annoyance caused by wind turbine noise (WTN) was examined under controlled laboratory conditions, focusing on some acoustic and non-acoustic factors. Forty-five participants were exposed to WTN stimuli stemming from in-situ recordings. Annoyance ratings were gathered alongside individual measures of noise sensitivity and attitude toward wind turbines. Various acoustic factors were...
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Samuel Dickinson (University of Huddersfield)08/09/2026, 13:40A15 Psychoacoustics
This study builds upon a previous investigation into the effect of source azimuth on the perceived annoyance of domestic sounds. A novel experimental testing method was employed to further evaluate the observed directional effect, in addition to assessing the influence of room acoustics and visual cues. In a virtual reality (VR) listening experiment, 33 participants were presented with several...
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Giada Cardellino (Graz University of Technology)08/09/2026, 14:00A15 Psychoacoustics
Environmental noise assessment relays on energy-equivalent sound pressure level metrics that quantify the physical properties of sound, while human perception is influenced by perceptual attributes. Psychoacoustic metrics characterise these attributes including loudness, sharpness, roughness, and fluctuation strength, and provide a complementary perspective for the analysis of environmental...
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Horeb Hesiquio Sevilla Pérez (Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala)08/09/2026, 14:00A15 Psychoacoustics
Urban noise, particularly road traffic noise, negatively affects physiological and psychological health. This study provides novel evidence on how road traffic noise impacts attention, concentration, memory, and verbal fluency. Sixty-one undergraduate students (34 females, 27 males) completed a brief interview and cognitive tasks under two conditions: with experimental traffic noise (ETN) and...
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Margret Sibylle Engel (Dresden University of Technology)08/09/2026, 14:20A15 Psychoacoustics
The effect of soundscape on cognitive performance remains an active area of inquiry in psychoacoustics, yet few studies combine behavioural measures with continuous physiological monitoring. This study is the first part of an audiovisual experiment which examines whether urban soundscape conditions modulate cognitive load during a digit span task, as reflected in performance outcomes and...
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Margret Sibylle Engel (Dresden University of Technology)08/09/2026, 14:40A15 Psychoacoustics
Soundscapes influence emotional and cognitive states, yet their capacity to trigger autobiographical memory remains underexplored in psychoacoustics. This study is the second part of an audiovisual experiment investigating the relationships among soundscape perception, autobiographical memory retrieval, and soundscape arousal. Twenty-seven participants (university students and academic staff)...
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