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May 2012

Volume 131, Issue 5, pp. EL355-4232

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How comparable are children and adults in perceiving an optimal tempo for music? (L)

Sandra Quinn, Oona O’Hare, and Deborah M. Riby

J. Acoust. Soc. Am. Volume 131, Issue 5, pp. 3595-3598 (2012); (4 pages)

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This research compared the abilities of children and adults to perceive an optimal tempo for pieces of music. Participants heard eight melodies played at a range of tempi and made a 2AFC of “too fast” or “too slow” for each presentation. Children (aged between 5 to 11 years) and adults (aged between 17 to 54 years) showed the same variation in perceived optimal tempi across melodies. The same variation in optimal tempi was also observed when pitch variations were removed. This suggests that the rhythmical structure was responsible for the perceived optimal tempi for these pieces of music.
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43.66.Mk Temporal and sequential aspects of hearing; auditory grouping in relation to music
43.75.Cd Music perception and cognition
43.75.Zz Analysis, synthesis, and processing of musical sounds

Response to “Comments on ‘A field study of the exposure-annoyance relationship of military shooting noise’ ” [J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 127, 2301–2311 (2010)] (L)

Mark Brink and Jean-Marc Wunderli

J. Acoust. Soc. Am. Volume 131, Issue 5, pp. 3599-3600 (2012); (2 pages)

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This letter is a response to Meyer’s recent paper [“Comment on ‘A field study of the exposure-annoyance relationship of military shooting noise,’ ” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 130, 677–678 (2011)]. The authors describe that “explained variance” in noise annoyance surveys can mean different things and that the fit parameters of the statistical models reported in the commented article are well within an expectable range. It is discussed that non-dose-related factors for the prediction of noise annoyance have become increasingly important in the last years and deserve to be more thoroughly studied.
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43.50.Qp Effects of noise on man and society
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