All Outputs (91)

Towards room acoustics for an elderly population
Presentation / Conference
Davies, W., Cox, T., Kearon, A., Longhurst, B., & Webb, C. Towards room acoustics for an elderly population. Presented at Acoustics 2000, Liverpool

A qualitative social survey has been conducted on a group of 207 elderly people with a hearing loss. The aim of the study was to determine the extent to which acoustic problems in the built environment affect this subject group. The project was th... Read More about Towards room acoustics for an elderly population.

The perception of susurration: envelopment in indoor and outdoor spaces
Presentation / Conference
Davies, W. The perception of susurration: envelopment in indoor and outdoor spaces. Presented at 18th Int. Congress on Acoustics, Kyoto, Japan

This paper investigates a connection between perceptions of indoor and outdoor soundscapes. The word susurration is used in non-scientific writing to describe sounds such as wind in trees and rushing water. It is hypothesised that these sounds give r... Read More about The perception of susurration: envelopment in indoor and outdoor spaces.

Perception of modal distribution in critical listening spaces
Presentation / Conference
Fazenda, B., Avis, M., Davies, W., & Jacobsen, F. Perception of modal distribution in critical listening spaces. Presented at 11th International Congress on Sound and Vibration, St Petersburg, Russia

Adaptation of concert hall measures of spatial impression to reproduced sound
Presentation / Conference
Hirst, J., Davies, W., & Philipson, P. Adaptation of concert hall measures of spatial impression to reproduced sound. Presented at 120th Convention of the Audio Engineering Society, Paris

Does this sound OK? A brief introduction to acoustics
Book Chapter
Davies, W. Does this sound OK? A brief introduction to acoustics. In A. Carlyle (Ed.), Autumn Leaves: Sound and the Environment in Artistic Practice. Paris, France: Double Entendre

An activity-centric conceptual framework for assessing and creating positive urban soundscapes
Presentation / Conference
Cain, R., Jennings, P., Adams, M., Bruce, N., Davies, W., Carlyle, A., …Plack, C. An activity-centric conceptual framework for assessing and creating positive urban soundscapes. Presented at Spring Conference of the Institute of Acoustics 2008 : Widening Horizons in Acoustics, Reading, UK

The Positive Soundscapes Project is an interdisciplinary investigation of soundscape perception [1]. The project seeks to develop a rounded view of human perception of soundscapes by drawing together methods from the disciplines of engineering s... Read More about An activity-centric conceptual framework for assessing and creating positive urban soundscapes.

A listener-centered approach to soundscape analysis
Thesis
Foale, K. A listener-centered approach to soundscape analysis. (Thesis). Computing, Science and Engineering

How do people listen to soundscapes in the built environment? Current soundscape research within urban planning disciplines tends to focus on measuring outdoor spaces in the built environment by interviewing the people within. This thesis, by contras... Read More about A listener-centered approach to soundscape analysis.

Difference limen for reverberation time in auditoria
Presentation / Conference
Tsolias, A., & Davies, W. Difference limen for reverberation time in auditoria. Presented at Forum Acusticum, Krakow, Poland

The smallest change in reverberation time that can be perceived in a concert hall has been measured. Five existing halls with average reverberation times varying between 0.89 and 2.3 s were simulated in detail with Bose room acoustic modelling softwa... Read More about Difference limen for reverberation time in auditoria.

How does the zoo soundscape affect the zoo experience for animals and visitors?
Thesis
Bonde de Queiroz, M. (in press). How does the zoo soundscape affect the zoo experience for animals and visitors?. (Thesis). University of Salford

This project aims to evaluate the zoo soundscape from the animals and visitors perspective. A complete acoustic environment study in zoological parks should involve these two different, but equally important, characters. This thesis presents the resu... Read More about How does the zoo soundscape affect the zoo experience for animals and visitors?.

Continuous evaluative and pupil dilation response to soundscapes
Presentation / Conference
Graetzer, S., Landowska, A., Harris, L., Cox, T., & Davies, W. Continuous evaluative and pupil dilation response to soundscapes. Presented at e-Forum Acusticum 2020, Online

We investigated human response to soundscapes using a continuous second-by-second rating of soundscapes and a more conventional overall rating of each sample at the end of each audition. In this work, our primary aim was to explore what continuous ra... Read More about Continuous evaluative and pupil dilation response to soundscapes.

Development and preliminary results of the University of Salford media Accessibility and hearing Impairment Database (U-SAID)
Presentation / Conference
Ward, L., Shirley, B., & Davies, W. Development and preliminary results of the University of Salford media Accessibility and hearing Impairment Database (U-SAID). Presented at Reproduced Sound 2018 : putting sound in its place, Bristol, UK

Recent technological advances in object-based broadcasting present the opportunity to improve broadcast accessibility, particularly for the 11 million people in the UK with hearing impairment. Taking advantage of this opportunity is important given t... Read More about Development and preliminary results of the University of Salford media Accessibility and hearing Impairment Database (U-SAID).