In everyday life people listen to different kinds of sounds. Speech and music have been widely investigated, while environmental sounds have only recently been a focus of major studies. Environmental sounds provide important information about the events of daily living, and their study has several applications including medicine, artificial intelligence, noise control and design of virtual auditory environments. In the present study, acoustic analysis and psychoacoustic experiments were conducted. The results were related with Gaver’s (1993) classification of environmental sounds to test the hypothesis that the acoustic features of sounds and their perception is influenced by the materials and interactions involved in sound production.
SilvaJesusAlves2007.pdf - Paper (Acrobat 7.0 file)
APL2007.pdf - Oral presentation (CutePDF (Ghostscript 8.60) file)