Identification of natural and man-made sounds in various scene complexities with temporal and spatial separation
Abstract
The present investigation revisited fundamental principles of auditory scene analysis via detection, discrimination, and identification of natural and man-made sounds. Soundscapes, both urban and natural, often contain multiple competing sound sources. An experiment was conducted to investigate if temporal or spatial spreading of concurrent sounds would improve identification accuracy. This paper presents an analysis of natural and man-made sounds and examines their impact on the identification accuracy considering scene complexity and presentation format. Results suggest that sounds with longer effective duration and later energy peak tend to get identified more accurately, in both natural and man-made sounds.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Noise Effects and Management
Music and Audio Processing
Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
Publication details
- Journal / source
- JASA Express Letters
- Publisher
- Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 1
- Publication date
- 1 January 2026
- Language
- EN