听觉生态学中的文化差异。

Cultural differences in auditory ecology.

机构信息

Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA.

Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, USA.

出版信息

JASA Express Lett. 2023 Aug 1;3(8). doi: 10.1121/10.0020608.

DOI:10.1121/10.0020608

PMID:37589565

Abstract

Demographic differences in acoustic environments are usually studied using geographic area monitoring. This approach, however, may miss valuable information differentiating cultures. This motivated the current study, which used wearable sound recorders to measure noise levels and speech-to-noise ratios (SNRs) in the immediate acoustic environment of Latinx and European-American college students. Latinx experienced higher noise levels (64.8 dBC) and lower SNRs (3.7 dB) compared to European-Americans (noise levels, 63 dB; SNRs, 5.4 dB). This work provides a framework for a larger study on the impact of culture on auditory ecology.

摘要

人口统计学上的声学环境差异通常通过地理区域监测来研究。然而，这种方法可能会错过区分文化的有价值的信息。这促使了目前的研究，该研究使用可穿戴式录音机来测量拉丁裔和欧洲裔美国大学生的即时声学环境中的噪声水平和语音噪声比 (SNR)。与欧洲裔美国人（噪声水平为 63 分贝，信噪比为 5.4 分贝）相比，拉丁裔的噪声水平更高（64.8 分贝），信噪比更低（3.7 分贝）。这项工作为一项关于文化对听觉生态影响的更大研究提供了框架。