Evaluation of wind farm noise amplitude modulation synthesis quality

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Abstract

Wind farm noise amplitude modulation (WFNAM) is a major contributor to annoyance and could cause sleep disturbance. In laboratory listening experiments assessing its annoyance and sleep disturbance potential, WFNAM stimuli are commonly synthesised and can thus suffer from a lack of ecological validity. Here, five stimuli synthesis methods were compared with measured noise in terms of their perceived similarity. An ABX discrimination listening test and one-third octave band spectra were used for evaluation of the aural and visual similarity, respectively, between the synthesised and measured noise spectra. The results showed that synthesising WFNAM using a simple method can be ecologically valid as listeners could not accurately differentiate between measured and synthesised WFNAM. However, time varying features of WFNAM do play a small but significant role in human perception and therefore hearing test evaluation of synthesis is recommended for obtaining the most ecologically valid synthesised WFNAM.

Original languageEnglish
Article number107349
Number of pages7
JournalAPPLIED ACOUSTICS
Volume166
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2020

Keywords

  • ABX listening test
  • Amplitude modulation
  • Synthesised noise
  • Tonal noise
  • Wind farm noise

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