Communicating listeners’ auditory spatial experiences: A method for developing a descriptive language

Ford, Natanya; Nind, Tim; Rumsey, Francis

Abstract

A method is presented which details how a descriptive language can be developed for effectively communicating listeners’ individual auditory spatial experiences during subjective evaluations. The language-development method focuses on identifying and minimising ambiguities which could prevent the representation of listeners’ experiences or the researcher’s comprehension of these experiences when communicated. The development of a specific descriptive graphical language provides an example of the method in practice. Details of this particular language’s evolution are summarised; from the elicitation and clarification of listeners’ individual graphical descriptors, to the development and evaluation of a communal language. Ambiguities encountered at the various stages in this language’s development are illustrated in a descriptive process model.

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Start Date: May 28, 2005
• End Date: May 31, 2005
• Online Publication Date: May 1, 2005
• Publication Date: 2005
• Deposit Date: Aug 16, 2022
• Pages: 6481
• Book Title: Audio Engineering Society Convention 118
• Keywords: Psychoacoustics, Perception, Listening Tests
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/9851221
• Publisher URL: http://www.aes.org/e-lib/browse.cfm?elib=13197
• Related Public URLs: https://www.aes.org/publications/preprints/lists/118.cfm