Detection and Recognition of Environmental Sounds by Musicians and Non-Musicians

• Autorzy: Miśkiewicz A. , Rościszewska T. , Żera J. , Majer J. , Okoń-Makowska B.

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.24425/aoa.2018.125152

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The article reports three experiments conducted to determine whether musicians possess better ability of recognising the sources of natural sounds than non-musicians. The study was inspired by reports which indicate that musical training develops not only musical hearing, but also enhances various non-musical auditory capabilities. Recognition and detection thresholds were measured for recordings of environment al sounds presented in quiet (Experiment 1) and in the background of a noise masker (Experiment 2). The listener’s ability of sound source recognition was inferred from the recognition-detection threshold gap (RDTG) defined as the difference in signal level between the thresholds of sound recognition and sound detection. Contrary to what was expected from reports of enhanced auditory abilities of musicians, the RDTGs were not smaller for musicians than for non-musicians. In Experiment 3, detection thresholds were measured with an adaptive procedure comprising three interleaved stimulus tracks with different sounds. It was found that the threshold elevation caused by stimulus interleaving was similar for musicians and non-musicians. The lack of superiority of musicians over non-musicians in the auditory tasks Explorer in this study is explained in terms of a listening strategy known as casual listening mode, which is a basis for auditory orientation in the environment.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

environmental sounds; detection threshold; recognition threshold

• Wydawca: Instytut Podstawowych Problemów Techniki PAN ; Komitet Akustyki PAN ; Polskie Towarzystwo Akustyczne
• Czasopismo: Archives of Acoustics
• Rocznik: 2018
• Tom: Vol. 43, No. 4
• Strony: 581--592
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 36 poz., tab., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Miśkiewicz A.

• Chair of Musical Acoustics, Department of Sound Engineering, The Fryderyk Chopin University of Music, Okólnik 2, 00-368 Warszawa, Poland

autor

Rościszewska T.

• Chair of Musical Acoustics, Department of Sound Engineering, The Fryderyk Chopin University of Music, Okólnik 2, 00-368 Warszawa, Poland

autor

Żera J.

• Institute of Radioelectronics and Multimedia Technology, Faculty of Electronics and Information Technology, Warsaw University of Technology, Nowowiejska 15/19, 00-665 Warszawa, Poland

autor

Majer J.

• Chair of Musical Acoustics, Department of Sound Engineering, The Fryderyk Chopin University of Music, Okólnik 2, 00-368 Warszawa, Poland

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Okoń-Makowska B.

• Chair of Musical Acoustics, Department of Sound Engineering, The Fryderyk Chopin University of Music, Okólnik 2, 00-368 Warszawa, Poland

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu w ramach umowy 509/P-DUN/2018 ze środków MNiSW przeznaczonych na działalność upowszechniającą naukę (2019).