Technical Listening Training: Improvement of sound sensitivity for acoustic engineers and sound designers.

effect of listening strategy training on iranian efl learners listening comprehension and use of strategies

this study aimed to investigate the effects of listening strategy training on iranian efl learners listening comprehension and use of such strategies. this work, employing an experimental methodology, was conducted among 60 adult efl learners from a language institute in isfahan, iran, as participants. the participants, who were selected based on the results of a placement test, were assigned t...

Investigation on acoustic behavior of acoustic porous absorbers to ‎absorb sound energy and transmission loss index

In this study, the acoustic properties of porous absorbents with different porosity levels have been evaluated using different mathematical models. These models use one or more parameters of materials for calculating acoustic characteristics. In all of these models, materials are considered as equivalent fluid and reactionary characteristics have not been taken into account.

Machine Listening: Sound organization for multimedia understanding

Investigation of Acoustic Properties of Polymer Nanocomposites regarding Combined Sound Absorption and Insulation Characteristics

Introduction: Nowadays multiple techniques have been developed to noise control. One the most important way is the control based on sound absorption and insulation. The purpose of current study was to improve the acoustic properties of soft polyurethane foam regarding combined sound absorption and insulation characteristics. Materials and Methods: Polyacrylonitrile and polyvinylidine fluoride ...

Sound, Listening and Place: The aesthetic dilemma

A purely aesthetic approach may be problematic when artists wish to deal with the external world as part of their work. The work of R. Murray Schafer in formulating soundscape studies is described, as well as the author’s extension of that work within a communicational framework. Soundscape composition is situated within a continuum of possibilities, each with its own practice of mapping or rep...