Effects of adding natural sounds to urban noises on the perceived loudness of noise and soundscape quality

• Main Authors: Hong, Joo Young, Ong, Zhen-Ting, Lam, Bhan, Ooi, Kenneth, Gan, Woon-Seng, Kang, Jian, Feng, Jing, Tan, Sze-Tiong
• Other Authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering; Acoustic Environment; Auditory Masking
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/154601
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Introducing pleasant natural sounds to mask urban noises is an important soundscape design strategy to improve acoustic comfort. This study investigates the effects of signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) between natural sounds (signal) and the target noises (noise) and their temporal characteristics on the...