Training in Psychoacoustics in Firenze, Italy

BASICS OF PSYCHOACOUSTICS (DAY 1)

1. Introduction to Psychoacoustics
   • Why do we need psychoacoustics?
   • Acoustics vs. psychoacoustics
2. Loudness perception
   • Definition
   • Equal-Loudness-level Contours
   • Main factors influencing loudness
   • Loudness vs. A-weighted sound
     pressure level
3. Sharpness and tonality perception
   • Definition of sharpness
   • What is tonality and how is it perceived?
4. Modulation perception
   • Fluctuation Strength
   • Roughness
5. Time and frequency pattern recognition
   • The Relative Approach
   • Application examples
6. Aurally adequate frequency analysis
   • FFT: time and frequency resolution
7. Advanced aurally adequate frequency analyses
   • High resolution Spectral Analysis (HSA)
   • Sottek Hearing Model Spectrum

THE NEW PSYCHOACOUSTICS (DAY 1)

1. Introduction
   • Sound quality
   • Standards based on the Sottek Hearing Model
   • Sound quality metrics
2. Sottek Hearing Model Tonality
   • Introduction
   • Method
   • Dependency on level
   • Comparison to other standardized methods for tonality calculation
   • Application examples
3. Sottek Hearing Model Loudness
   • Sottek Hearing Model Loudness
   • Application examples

THE NEW PSYCHOACOUSTICS (DAY 2)

1. Sottek Hearing Model Roughness
   • Sottek Hearing Model Roughness
   • Application examples
2. Sottek Hearing Model Fluctuation Strength
   • Sottek Hearing Model Fluctuation Strength
   • Application examples
3. Meaning of psychoacoustic values based on the Sottek Hearing Model
4. Remarks to ongoing developments on other parameters based on the Sottek Hearing Model
   • Sottek Hearing Model Sharpness
   • Sottek Hearing Model Impulsiveness
   • Tonal Annoyance: Tonality (annoyance weighted)
5. Application of the Sottek Hearing Model for
   • unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)
   • heat pump noise assessment
6. High-resolution option for the Sottek Hearing Model Tonality enables accurate order analysis

Perceptual vs Instrumental evaluations (DAY 2)

1. Perceptual evaluations
   • Jury test design and implementation
2. Metric development
   • Correlation between perceptual and instrumental results
   • The SQala Project
   • Application examples