eprintid: 10198307 rev_number: 10 eprint_status: archive userid: 699 dir: disk0/10/19/83/07 datestamp: 2024-10-10 11:04:24 lastmod: 2024-12-11 07:10:06 status_changed: 2024-10-10 11:04:24 type: proceedings_section metadata_visibility: show sword_depositor: 699 creators_name: Kang, J creators_name: Mitchell, A creators_name: Zhang, B creators_name: Aletta, F creators_name: Oberman, T title: Soundscape Indices (SSID): on the Development of a Single-Value Soundscape Index ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B04 divisions: C04 divisions: F34 keywords: Soundscape, soundscape indices (SSID), single-value soundscape index, soundscape perception indices (SPI), soundscape prediction, soundscape model note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. abstract: In a previous paper presented in the 29th International Congress of Sound and Vibration (ICSV29), the developments on establishing “Soundscape Indices” (SSID) were outlined, including: the SSID Protocol for field soundscape survey and laboratory listening tests, establishment of an open International Soundscape Database (ISD), relationships among psychological, (psycho)acoustical, neural and physiological, and contextual factors including soundscape evaluation in different languages and cultures, a soundscape analysis tool for soundscape researchers (Soundscapy), and an integrated soundscape prediction model. This paper presents the current development towards a single soundscape index. Firstly, based on the ISD and the Soundscape Circumplex Model, a method has been developed to determine the distance between a given/designed soundscape scenario and an ideal/target soundscape scenario considering their differences and similarities, for the purpose of defining standard and bespoke soundscape perception indices. A first implementation of this method is demonstrated to propose a use-case soundscape index via the ranking of a number of typical soundscape scenarios, using a series of laboratory experiments, considering the overall soundscape quality evaluation. Consequently, a flexible framework for defining single-value Soundscape Perception Indices (SPI) is provided and a standard use-case index is proposed. date: 2024-07-11 date_type: published publisher: International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration (IIAV) official_url: https://www.iiav.org/index.php?va=viewpage&vaid=26 oa_status: green full_text_type: other language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 2326169 isbn_13: 978-90-90-39058-1 lyricists_name: Oberman, Tin lyricists_name: Kang, Jian lyricists_name: Aletta, Francesco lyricists_id: TOBER63 lyricists_id: JKANG71 lyricists_id: FALET55 actors_name: Kang, Jian actors_id: JKANG71 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public pres_type: paper publication: Proceedings of the International Congress on Sound and Vibration place_of_pub: Amsterdam, The Netherlands event_title: ICSV30: Annual Congress of International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration (IIAV) issn: 2329-3675 book_title: Proceedings of the 30th International Congress on Sound and Vibration citation: Kang, J; Mitchell, A; Zhang, B; Aletta, F; Oberman, T; (2024) Soundscape Indices (SSID): on the Development of a Single-Value Soundscape Index. In: Proceedings of the 30th International Congress on Sound and Vibration. International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration (IIAV): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10198307/1/ICSV30_full_paper_362-Kang%20et%20al-UCL.pdf