Measurement of habituation to noise using the method of continuous judgment by category
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Abstract Using “the method of continuous judgment by category”, we examined the noisiness of sounds from public loudspeakers, and habituation to them. Subjects judged the noisiness of the sound at any moment of their choice by touching one of seven numbered keys on a computer keyboard, each corresponding to a noisiness category. At the same time, the subjects were required to complete a task as carefully and rapidly as possible. The duration of “no response” to sounds was an index of habituation. Both personality factors and physical factors were analyzed. It was found that the duration of “no response” is a good index to habituation to noise, and that there were wide differences in the “no response” time of different subjects. The reactions of individual subjects in sessions 1 and 2 and the questionnaire survey were, however, consistent. This suggests that there is a group that is relatively sensitive to noise and a group that is less sensitive to noise. It was also found that subjects had difficulty in becoming accustomed to intense noise.
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