Perception of Reverberation in Small Rooms: A Literature Study

Kaplanis N, Bech S, Jensen SH, van Waterschoot T. Perception of Reverberation in Small Rooms: A Literature Study. In: AES Conference: 55th International Conference: Spatial Audio. Audio Engineering Society; 2014. Paper P-3. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=17348

@inproceedings{Kaplanis2014_17348,
  author = {Kaplanis, Neofytos and Bech, Søren and Jensen, Søren Holdt and van Waterschoot, Toon},
  title = {{Perception of Reverberation in Small Rooms: A Literature Study}},
  booktitle = {AES Conference: 55th International Conference: Spatial Audio},
  note = {Paper P-3},
  year = {2014},
  month = aug,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=17348}
}

TY  - CPAPER
TI  - Perception of Reverberation in Small Rooms: A Literature Study
AU  - Kaplanis, Neofytos
AU  - Bech, Søren
AU  - Jensen, Søren Holdt
AU  - van Waterschoot, Toon
T2  - AES Conference: 55th International Conference: Spatial Audio
M1  - Paper P-3
PY  - 2014
DA  - 2014/08/06
UR  - https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=17348
PB  - Audio Engineering Society
LA  - en
AB  - Reverberation is considered as one of the fundamental perceived properties of an acoustical space. Literature is available on the topic and currently a range of sciences have contributed in understanding the properties of reverberant sound fields and the relevant auditory processes. This paper summarises the current literature following a top-down approach. It identifies the perceptual aspects of reverberation and attempts to establish links to physical measures, focussing on small rooms. Results indicate that the current acoustical metrics often have limited correlation to the perceptual attributes of reverberation and conclusive measurement data is restricted, especially for small spaces. A proposal for perceptual-based experiments is presented, aiming to further understand the links between physical properties of rooms and their effects on perception.
ER  -