• Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering
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• v.15 no.5 s.98
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• pp.558-563
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• 2005

This research aims to derive the general emotion and preference of the 25 sounds by using the questionnaire method to provide the contents for the soundscape design fit to the characteristics of the given situation. The results can be summarized as follows : Nature sounds except dog barking and locust crying showed highest preference, and the traffic sounds, baby crying and footstep of upper floor showed the lowest. Hereby, the sound recognition can be different each other according to quality of tone and situation even they are the same sounds. The most impressive, wanted to be conserved and retrospective sound was the nature sound, and the most wanted to be removed sound was the machinery sound. And the social sound was shown as the most korean and fit to the art theme street.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 2004.11a
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• pp.806-809
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• 2004

This research aims to derive the general emotion and preference of the 25 sounds by using the questionnaire method to provide the contents for the soundscape design fit to the characteristics of the given situation. The results can be summarized as follows; Nature sounds except dog barking and locust crying showed highest preference, and the traffic sounds, baby crying and footstep of upper floor showed the lowest. Hereby, the sound recognition can be different each other according to quality of tone and situation even they are the same sounds. The most impressive, wanted to be conserved and retrospective sound was the nature sound, and the most wanted to be removed sound was the machinery sound. And the social sound was shown as the most korean and fit to the art theme street.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.28 no.4
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• pp.356-362
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• 2009

In modern society, most people of the world are densely populated in cities so that the traffic sound has a very significant meaning. people tend to classify traffic sound as a noise pollution while they are likely to categorize most nature sound as positive. In this paper, we applied various forms of FFT filters into white noise belonged in nature sound to find frequency characteristics of white noise which preferred by people and confirm its correlation with nature sound. In addition, we conducted an analysis through the comparison of various traffic and nature sound waveforms and spectra. As a result of analysis, the traffic sound have characteristics which sound energy had concentrated on specific frequency bandwidth and point of time compared to nature sound. And we confirmed the fact that these characteristics had negative elements to which could affect to people. Lastly, by letting the subjects listen directly to both traffic and nature sound through brainwave experiment using electrode, the study measured the energy distribution of alpha waves and beta waves. As a result of experiments, it has been noted that urban sound created a noticeably larger amount of beta waves than nature sound; on the contrary, nature sound generated positive alpha waves. These results could directly confirm the negative effects of traffic sound and the positive effects of nature sound.

• Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
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• autumn
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• pp.275-278
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• 2001

RASTI와 $D_{50}$이 명료도와 상관이 높은 것은 사실이지만, 음질과는 상관이 없다. RASTI는 잔향과 잡음이 적으면 값이 높아지지만, 스피커 자체에서 재생되는 음질이 찌그러지거나 명료하지 않은 음질이 재생되어도 값은 변하지 않는다. $D_{50}$ 스피커에서 재생되는 음질과 관계없이 직접음 성분이 많으면 단지 값이 높아질 뿐이다. 그런데, RASTI와 $D_{50}$이 높으면 음질도 좋을 것이 라고 생각하는 경우가 많다. 따라서 스피커의 음향 특성에 따른 RASTI, $D_{50}$의 변화 측정 및 음질 선호도 평가를 실시하고, 재생 주파수 대역에 따른 RASTI, $D_{50}$의 변화 측정 및 음질 선호도 평가를 실시하므로써, 명료도 척도와 음질과의 상관을 고찰하였다.

• Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
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• 1995.06a
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• pp.155-158
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• 1995

150~7,000Hzd의 확대역 전화를 위한 전화 전송특성 설계지침으로 활용하기 위해, 확대역과 300~3400Hz 의 협대역 전화에 대한 통화품질 평가결과를 비교/분석하였다. 토화품질 평가는, 조정법에 의한 선호 라우드니스 레벨고 ㅏ동가 라우드니스 레벨 조정실험, 그리고 단음절 명료도평가로 구성되었다. 선호 라우드니스 레벨 조정실험의 결과, 협대역과 확대역 음성에 대한 피험자의 선호레벨이 각각 70.7dB 및 68.6dB로 약 2dB의 차이를, 피험자간 분산은 2.12와 6.11로 의미있는 차이를 보였는데, 이것은 음성대역의 확장에 따라 사용자들의분산이 크기 때문에 확대역 전화에서 수화음량 조절기능이 필요함을 증명한 결과이다. 그리고, 협/확대역 조건에서의 100개 단음절에 대한 명료도 실험 결과에서, 전체 명료도 점수간에는 통계적으로 의미있는 차이를 보이지 않았지만 단음절중 3,400Hz이상에서 많은 에너지를 갖는, 파열음 'ㅌ', 파찰음 'ㅈ', 'ㅉ', 'ㅊ', 그리고 마찰음 'ㅅ', 'ㅆ' 으로 시작하는 20개 단음절에 대한 부분명료도에 있어서 협대역과 확대역 조건간에 20%의 명료도 차이를 나타내었다. 또한, 비교 라우드니스 레벨 조정실험의 결과, 협대역과 확대역 사이의 평균 라우드니스 레벨 차이가 약 3.4dB (A)로 나타났는데, 이 결과는 국내 확대역 전화의 수화음량적격 설정에 지침으로 활용할 것이다.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.30 no.5
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• pp.273-280
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• 2011

The sounds of the Korean temple bells, that are located in the various places, were recorded and classified into two groups according to the size of bells. The sound preference was investigated with the subjective listening test on the bells of each group. And the acoustic characteristics of the bells such as the frequency, amplitude, beat period, and 20 dB decay rate of the partials was analyzed. The correlation between the acoustic parameters and timbre preference were analyzed and the acoustic characteristics of highly preferred bell sound were presented.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 2014.10a
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• pp.481-482
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• 2014

• Science of Emotion and Sensibility
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.531-544
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• 2009

In the past, objective usability was one of the most important aspects when user used system. But nowadays user's subjective experiences are getting more critical element than objective usability in HCI(human-computer interaction). Most people own their mobile phone and use it frequently these days. It is especially important to make user's subjective experiences more positive when using devices like mobile phones people frequently carry and interact with. This study investigates whether the interfaces which express the emotion give more positive experiences to users. Researchers created mobile phone prototypes to compare the effect of mechanical melody feedback(the major auditory feedbacks on mobile phones) and emotional voice feedback(recorded human voice). Participants experienced four kinds of mobile phone prototypes(no feedback, mechanical melody feedback, emotional voice feedback and dual feedback) and evaluated their experienced usability, hedonic quality and preference. The result suggests that person's perceptional fun and hedonic quality were getting increased in the phone which gave the emotional voice feedback than the mechanical melody feedback. Nevertheless, the preference was evaluated lower in the emotional voice feedback condition than the others.

• 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.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.30 no.8
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• pp.410-420
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• 2011

The present study aims to investigate the soundscapes of Jeju olle route through the soundwalking. In order to do this, sound measurements and sound recording were undertaken at 10 points along Jeju olle route. Also, loudness of background sound and figure sound were examined. Subjective surveys were carried out using questionnaire and interviews with 32 tourists and 5 acoustical specialists in order to investigate the loudest sound, most pleasant and unpleasant sound, and impressive sound among 17 natural and artificial sounds. Additionally, laboratory experiments were achieved to evaluates sound that have been recorded at the field using same questionnaire and the results were compared with those of field experiments. As a result, the sound heard most in Jeju olle route is the sea wave sound, wind sound, automobile noise, and human voice. It was revealed that the most pleasant sound consisted of nature sound among them, and that unpleasant sounds are artificial sounds. The results of subjective test denote that unpleasant sound is affected by ratio of artificial sound and nature sound. And this also affects the assessment about the loudness of the sound. Also, it was found that the results of both field test and laboratory test are closely correlated in the evaluation of loudness of sound and unpleasant feeling.