In most prior laboratory research, studies of human response to aircraft and rotorcraft noise have emphasized annoyance ratings, usually as a function of level. Estimates of detection and noticeability have also been addressed, e.g. in surveys of community response. This presentation explores an alternative subjective criterion, based on an average threshold where trained subjects estimate the level at which a new auditory object (an eVTOL event) “blends” into the existing ambient, as an experimentally defined threshold of acceptance. Contrasting an annoyance rating, subjects rate the level at which sound is no more significant than any other sound source in ambient, with a prescribed attitude focusing on the acceptance of an inevitable new transportation source with positive attributes for the community. The approach utilizes manipulations of ambient type as an experimental variable, using spatially veridical recordings in the laboratory. In one example, the method of limits can be used for determining blend as a function of eVTOL level; other manipulations include the spatial trajectory of the eVTOL relative to the listener, and/or manipulations of its tonal spectra. It is likely that a “blend” threshold lies somewhere between a detection and annoyance threshold as a function of level.


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    Titel :

    Perceptual Attributes of eVTOL Noise Noticeability and Blend with Reference to the Ambient


    Beteiligte:

    Kongress:

    Urban Air Noise Working Group Meeting ; 2021 ; Virtual, US


    Medientyp :

    Sonstige


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch





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