Purpose The purpose of this paper is to determine whether noise is affected by psychological factors rather than simply by physical metrics. For example, personality type, age, perceived control and screening ability were explored, as well as the choice of primary workplace. Design/methodology/approach An online survey was conducted which resulted in 517 valid responses. The survey included the personality profiling along with questions related to noise and personal circumstances. The key noise metrics were perceived performance, ability to work, well-being and stress plus three noise indices: concentration, distraction and speech interference. Findings The survey revealed that personality type does affect noise perception, in particular extroversion and neuroticism. Perceived control, screening ability, age, workplace, design and focused work are also factors. Personal variables accounted for 25 per cent of the variance in the ability to carry out work, and for 40 per cent of the variance in concentration and speech interference. Research limitations/implications Whilst statistically significant differences were found for most of the psychological and personal variables, the size of effect was smaller than anticipated. This is likely because the survey was carried out across a range or workplaces, rather than in a laboratory, with a number of uncontrolled extraneous factors. Practical implications The research has resulted in the development of a design guidance document for controlling noise distractions based on more psychoacoustic, people-centred, principles than purely physical ones. Originality value Most acoustics research is conducted in the laboratory and focuses on the physical sound properties. This research took a psychoacoustic approach focusing more on psychological and personal factors, and was carried out in the real world.

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解决办公室噪音干扰的心理声学方法

目的本文的目的是确定噪音是否受心理因素的影响，而不是受身体指标的影响。例如，探讨了人格类型，年龄，知觉控制和筛查能力以及主要工作场所的选择。设计/方法/方法进行了在线调查，共获得517条有效答复。该调查包括人格特征以及与噪音和个人情况有关的问题。关键的噪声指标包括感知的性能，工作能力，幸福感和压力以及三个噪声指数：注意力，注意力分散和语音干扰。调查结果表明，人格类型确实会影响噪音感知，尤其是外向和神经质。感知控制力，检查能力，年龄，工作场所，设计和重点工作也是因素。个人变量占开展工作能力差异的25％，占专注力和语音干扰差异的40％。研究的局限性/意义尽管大多数心理和个人变量在统计学上都有显着差异，但影响的大小却小于预期。这可能是因为调查是在一定范围内或工作场所中进行的，而不是在实验室中进行的，其中存在许多不受控制的外部因素。实际意义这项研究导致开发了一种设计指导文件，该指导文件基于比纯物理原理更多的心理声学，以人为本的原理来控制噪声干扰。原创性价值大多数声学研究是在实验室中进行的，着重于物理声音特性。这项研究采用了一种心理声学方法，更多地关注心理和个人因素，并且是在现实世界中进行的。