Memory of the Loudness of Sounds and Its Relation to Overall Impression Pacs Reference : 43.50.-x
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Overall impression of long-term sound will be judged on the basis of memory. The results of our former studies comparing overall impression with instantaneous impression suggest that the prominent portions of the sound contribute to the overall impression more greatly than less prominent portions. Long-term environmental sound consists of various kinds of sound. In order to examine what kind of constituent sounds may contribute to the determination of the overall impression, a new approach was tried asking subjects to recall the sound with their loudness and time sequences. The results suggest that prominent sounds are not always loud sounds and that subjects can recall the loudness fairly precisely.
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