Analysing the effectiveness of approaches to auralisation for applications in environmental acoustics

TY - GEN

T1 - Analysing the effectiveness of approaches to auralisation for applications in environmental acoustics

AU - Southern, Alex

AU - Stevens, Francis

AU - Murphy, Damian

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2019 Proceedings of the International Congress on Acoustics. All rights reserved.

PY - 2019/9/9

Y1 - 2019/9/9

N2 - Auralisation is becoming more commonplace as a means of communicating and disseminating plans for changes in our environmental landscape due to major infrastructure projects such as road, rail and airport developments, where noise can be a significant issue. This paper presents an approach to this challenge in the context of a major public consultation for a UK road project as well as commenting on different means for facilitating presentation of, and engagement with, both audio and visual material. Although such methods are generally used for information only, every effort is made to ensure that the final result is both plausible and comparable to existing on-site conditions, and calibrated accordingly, with a view to supporting other more standardised methods and metrics. However, it is also possible to develop more quantitative measures as to how effective and successful such auralisations are in terms of conveying a representation of a given scene, and any planned for interventions. In this work the Self Assessment Manikin and soundscape classification descriptors are used in a series of listening tests to better understand the approach that has been adopted for these types of projects.

AB - Auralisation is becoming more commonplace as a means of communicating and disseminating plans for changes in our environmental landscape due to major infrastructure projects such as road, rail and airport developments, where noise can be a significant issue. This paper presents an approach to this challenge in the context of a major public consultation for a UK road project as well as commenting on different means for facilitating presentation of, and engagement with, both audio and visual material. Although such methods are generally used for information only, every effort is made to ensure that the final result is both plausible and comparable to existing on-site conditions, and calibrated accordingly, with a view to supporting other more standardised methods and metrics. However, it is also possible to develop more quantitative measures as to how effective and successful such auralisations are in terms of conveying a representation of a given scene, and any planned for interventions. In this work the Self Assessment Manikin and soundscape classification descriptors are used in a series of listening tests to better understand the approach that has been adopted for these types of projects.

KW - Insulation

KW - Sound

KW - Transmission

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U2 - 10.18154/RWTH-CONV-239906

DO - 10.18154/RWTH-CONV-239906

M3 - Conference contribution

AN - SCOPUS:85099331592

T3 - Proceedings of the International Congress on Acoustics

SP - 1683

EP - 1690

BT - Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress on Acoustics

A2 - Ochmann, Martin

A2 - Michael, Vorlander

A2 - Fels, Janina

PB - International Commission for Acoustics (ICA)

T2 - 23rd International Congress on Acoustics: Integrating 4th EAA Euroregio, ICA 2019

Y2 - 9 September 2019 through 23 September 2019

ER -