| Title |
Survey on the Proper Vocabularies for Evaluating Floor Impact Sound in Apartment Houses |
| Authors |
Song.Min-Jeong ; Song. Hyuk ; Lee. Tai-Kang ; Gi. No-Gab ; Park. Hyeon-Gu ; Kim. Sun-Woo |
| Keywords |
Floor Impact Sound ; Classification system ; Proper Vocabularies for Evaluation |
| Abstract |
The "Sound Classification System on Floor Impact Sound Insulation Performance" is being studied in Korea. For that study, vocabularies appropriate for evaluation and reporting are needed. In this study, adequate words for evaluating floor impact sound have been extracted by reviewing the existing vocabularies and augmenting this with the results of a questionnaire prepared especially for apartment dwellers. As a result of this study, followings are suggested. 1) The heavy impact sound sources are more highly ranked than light impact ones. And the louder sound sources are the more accumulated points. 2) Highly ranked vocabularies are different for each source. 3) Floor impact sound evaluating words such as ‘Annoying’, ‘Disagreeable’, ‘Strident’, ‘Disturbed’, and ‘Dissonant’ are highly ranked. ‘Annoying’ is the word most accurately expressing the subjects' unpleasant feeling of domestic floor impact noise. 4)‘Unpleasant’, ‘Noisy’, ‘Irritating’, ‘Annoying’ are main unpleasant factors to floor impact sounds occurring in our domestic apartment houses. |