• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.42 no.6
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• pp.617-626
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• 2023

This study aims to investigate the preferred sound level of water sound for various levels of open-plan-office noise regarding soundscape quality and speech privacy. And assessment of the work efficiency of the water sound. For the laboratory experiment, office noise was recorded using a binaural microphone in a real open-plan office. For the assessment of the soundscape quality and speech privacy, Overall Soundscape Quality (OSQ) and Listening Difficulty (LD) were evaluated under three different sound levels (55 dBA, 60 dBA, and 65 dBA) and five different signal-to-noise ratios (SNR -10 dB, -5 dB, 0 dB, +5 dB, and +10 dB). After the evaluation, the preferred SNR was proposed according to OSQ and LD. For the assessment of to work efficiency of water sound, this study evaluated the cognitive performance of both of the condition noise only and combine the water sound with office noise. The results showed that LD increased as the water sound level increased, but OSQ decreased. When the water sound level was more than the office noise level, the OSQ decreased from noise only. Therefore, considering OSQ and LD, the preferred SNR of water sound was -5 dB for all noise levels. At the preferred level of water sound, the cognitive performance results were shown to decrease at 55 dBA compared to noise only, but at 60 dBA and 65 dBA combine the water sound results were increased than the noise only.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Landscape Architecture
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• v.43 no.1
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• pp.82-95
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• 2015

This study is intended to obtain a guideline for creating a therapeutic garden soundscape in a psychiatric hospital by analyzing the psychological and physiological effects of auditory components on mental patients. The subjects were 27 inpatients at a psychiatric institute located in Jeollabuk-do. They were recommended by their doctors and had been diagnosed with mild cases of schizophrenia. The survey was carried out in October 2011. With regard to the study, the subjects listened to single sounds(the sound of flowing water, birdsong, wind chimes and music) and 4 sounds composed of some of these, and then Electroencephalography(EEG) and psychological effects were measured. The moving water sound was perceived as pleasing and revitalizing and the birdsong as sonorous and delightful. When designing a healing garden in a psychiatric hospital, the vitality of sound should be considered. In comparison to other single sounds, water sounds were highly preferred and had greater effects on psychological vitality. Music sounds had a significant effect on enhancing tranquility while water sounds affected on both psychological vitality and tranquillity. When comparing single sounds with combined sounds, single sounds such as running water for vitality and music for tranquility had a greater psychological effect than combined sounds. In terms of combined sound preferences, the combination of water and bird sounds had higher preference rates. Generally, combined sounds including water tended to have higher preference rates. The physiological effects of single sounds showed that music had a greater therapeutic effect than natural sounds such as water sounds and birdsong in promoting tranquility. As for combined sounds adopted to enhance physiological tranquility, it is most appropriate to combine music and birdsong or music and water sounds. However, a single music sound is more effective than combined sounds. Overall, analyses of both psychological and physiological reactions showed music and water sounds to be most calming while water sounds promoted the greatest vitality.

• Journal of the Korean Professional Engineers Association
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• v.43 no.6
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• pp.57-58
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• 2010

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 2010.10a
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• pp.548-549
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• 2010

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 2010.05a
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• pp.167-168
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• 2010

• 한국상하수도협회지
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• s.5
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• pp.186-187
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• 2004

강원도의 동강이 거친 물소리를 내며 산자락을 휘돌아 흐른다면 섬진강은 흐르는 듯 멈추어 있는모습이다. 강 옆으로 난 길을 따라가다 보면 이 세상의 분노와 슬픔은 어느 순간 사라지고 한없이 아름다운 자연에 몸이 따뜻해진다. 경상도와 전라도를 잇는 섬진강은 이렇듯 옹골차고 평등한 강으로 우리 앞에 누워 있다. 이곳에선 부자도 가난한 자도 권력을 손아귀에 쥐고 있는 정치인도 하나가 될 수밖에 없다.

• 산림경영
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• s.197
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• pp.60-61
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• 2010

청평 자연휴양림은 청평 호반을 바라보는 20만평 천혜의 자연에 위치한 대자연 체험공간입니다. 도시의 삭막함에서 벗어나 대자연의 휴식을 만끽하면서 심신을 단련하여 휴양과 연수를 동시에 즐길 수 있습니다.융단처럼 펼쳐진 소나무 사이로 내려다보이는 맑고 푸른 청평호반과 아름드리 녹음단풍과 설경이 계절 따라 장관을 이루고 대지를 휘감아 흐르는 청평호반의 물소리 새소리의 대합창이 있는 청평 자연휴양림 대 자연 속으로 여러분을 초대합니다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 2000.11a
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• pp.489-494
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• 2000

제품과 사용자간에 필연적으로 존재하는 소리를 쾌적하게 하기 위한 연구로서 자연음 6종과 소음 6종의 음압(dB)이 비슷하도록 조절하였을 때 소리의 어떠한 물리적 특성이 긍/부정감성에 주된 영향을 미치는지를 파악하기 위하여 남/녀 각각 35명씩의 대학생들에게 7점척도의 8가지 형용사 쌍을 이용한 음질평가 청감실험을 한 결과 물소리를 포함한 자연음은 소음보다 대체로 긍정감성이 높게 평가되었고 긍정감성과 심리음향인자와의 상관성은 Loudness의 -0.37을 비롯하여 "-"상관성을, Unbiased annoyance와 심리음향인자들과의 상관성은 Loudness의 0.92를 비롯한 "+" 상관성을 각각 갖었으며 여자는 남자보다 긍/부정감성에 더욱 예민하게 반응하는 것으로 나타났다.

• Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology
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• v.30 no.3
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• pp.344-352
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• 2016

The goal of this study was to identify the water temperature and sound environment of oviposition sites of the Huanren brown frog (Rana huanrensis), which breeds in valleys in early spring. The study was conducted in Chiak National Park, central Korea, between March 23 and April 24, 2015. Correlation analysis of the physical factors of oviposition sites revealed that the number of egg clutches was positively correlated (p < 0.05) with the water temperature and negatively correlated (p < 0.05) with the sound volume of the oviposition sites. However, no correlation was found between clutch number and the total area or depth of water. The water temperature of the oviposition sites was $2.2^{\circ}C$ higher on average than that of the mainstream (p < 0.001). To avoid the low early spring temperatures, R. huanrensis spawned in sites with accumulated water, in which the depths were less than 10cm and the temperature was relatively high. Further, eggs were spawned in clusters in small spaces to maximize the thermal insulation effect. In terms of noise levels, oviposition sites were found to be 6.9 dB quieter than the mainstream (p<0.001). In conclusion, R. huanrensis was found to spawn in warm, quiet, and small oviposition sites in valleys to avoid low early spring temperatures and loud water noise. This study is significant because it is the first to characterize the sound environment of amphibian oviposition sites.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.14 no.6
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• pp.26-33
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• 2014

From a film esthetic point of view, this paper deals with all the sound elements which are speech, noise, and music for the signification of sound in Hitchcock's . The speech makes a mental image auditory through voice-over, and sometimes it has the indiscernibleness of life and death to be incarnate. This paper has demonstrated that the noise also can mark punctuation-narrative boundary besides visual techniques pointed out by Metz, and it cites the sound of falling water which completes shower scene, offsetting a scream in audience's mind. In the music, desire and oppression are symbolized and they are making a dissonance. Upon occasion, the coexistence of two chords represents duplicity in Norman-mother. Also, the music may disappear in the way of silence, being mummified in the time paused. Thus, the common filmic signification of sounds in can be called reconceptualization of the image.