TY - GEN
T1 - Psychoacoustic aspects of noise from wind turbines
AU - Fastl, Hugo
AU - Menzel, Daniel
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Wind turbines play an important role in the present discussions on sustainable generation of energy. However, sometimes the noise produced is regarded as a serious drawback. Therefore, in a pilot study some psychoacoustic aspects of noise from wind turbines were investigated. The dependence of annoyance ratings on level and fluctuation of the digitally processed sounds was assessed in a laboratory setting. Moreover, in order to get some ideas about possible audio-visual interactions, in addition to the sounds also videos of a moving wind turbine at different distances were presented. Results show that, as expected, annoyance ratings were correlated with level and, to some degree, with fluctuation, but only three of thirteen subjects showed signs of audio-visual interaction.
AB - Wind turbines play an important role in the present discussions on sustainable generation of energy. However, sometimes the noise produced is regarded as a serious drawback. Therefore, in a pilot study some psychoacoustic aspects of noise from wind turbines were investigated. The dependence of annoyance ratings on level and fluctuation of the digitally processed sounds was assessed in a laboratory setting. Moreover, in order to get some ideas about possible audio-visual interactions, in addition to the sounds also videos of a moving wind turbine at different distances were presented. Results show that, as expected, annoyance ratings were correlated with level and, to some degree, with fluctuation, but only three of thirteen subjects showed signs of audio-visual interaction.
KW - Audio-visual interactions
KW - Psychoacoustics
KW - Wind turbines
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84904513258
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84904513258
SN - 9781632662675
T3 - 42nd International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering 2013, INTER-NOISE 2013: Noise Control for Quality of Life
SP - 5506
EP - 5511
BT - 42nd International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering 2013, INTER-NOISE 2013
PB - OAL-Osterreichischer Arbeitsring fur Larmbekampfung
T2 - 42nd International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering 2013: Noise Control for Quality of Life, INTER-NOISE 2013
Y2 - 15 September 2013 through 18 September 2013
ER -