Gender differences in loudness perception may be linguistically influenced

Previous studies have reported gender differences in loudness perception. To clarify factors that affect loudness perception of men and women, so that differences in their processing of auditory stimuli might be revealed, we conducted four experiments using innovative experimental approaches. A rati...

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Autores principales:	Mariko TSURUTA-HAMAMURA, Manami AONO, Shin-ichiro IWAMIYA
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Publicado:	The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers 2019
Materias:	gender difference loudness interval scale ratio scale verbal rating Mechanical engineering and machinery TJ1-1570
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:c761728ea89a4840b664010379e8289c2021-11-29T05:34:41ZGender differences in loudness perception may be linguistically influenced2187-974510.1299/mej.18-00303https://doaj.org/article/c761728ea89a4840b664010379e8289c2019-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/mej/6/1/6_18-00303/_pdf/-char/enhttps://doaj.org/toc/2187-9745Previous studies have reported gender differences in loudness perception. To clarify factors that affect loudness perception of men and women, so that differences in their processing of auditory stimuli might be revealed, we conducted four experiments using innovative experimental approaches. A rating experiment employed a wider range of sound stimuli and a greater number of categories on the verbal interval scale to elicit participants’ ratings of sounds at different sound pressure levels. As in previous studies, male participants tended to rate the same sounds as less loud than did females. An experiment with the method of adjustment measured the limits of sound pressure level perceived as soft or as loud, and replicated the gender effect: female participants selected lower levels than did males to represent both soft and loud sound categories. The final two experiments sought to measure perceived loudness on a (numeric) ratio scale rather than a (verbal) interval scale. Using the methods of magnitude estimation and magnitude production, these experiments did not produce the clear gender differences seen in the first two experiments. Differences in loudness judgments between males and females may actually reflect differences in the use of verbal expression rather than differences in perception of intensity.Mariko TSURUTA-HAMAMURAManami AONOShin-ichiro IWAMIYAThe Japan Society of Mechanical Engineersarticlegender differenceloudnessinterval scaleratio scaleverbal ratingMechanical engineering and machineryTJ1-1570ENMechanical Engineering Journal, Vol 6, Iss 1, Pp 18-00303-18-00303 (2019)
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description	Previous studies have reported gender differences in loudness perception. To clarify factors that affect loudness perception of men and women, so that differences in their processing of auditory stimuli might be revealed, we conducted four experiments using innovative experimental approaches. A rating experiment employed a wider range of sound stimuli and a greater number of categories on the verbal interval scale to elicit participants’ ratings of sounds at different sound pressure levels. As in previous studies, male participants tended to rate the same sounds as less loud than did females. An experiment with the method of adjustment measured the limits of sound pressure level perceived as soft or as loud, and replicated the gender effect: female participants selected lower levels than did males to represent both soft and loud sound categories. The final two experiments sought to measure perceived loudness on a (numeric) ratio scale rather than a (verbal) interval scale. Using the methods of magnitude estimation and magnitude production, these experiments did not produce the clear gender differences seen in the first two experiments. Differences in loudness judgments between males and females may actually reflect differences in the use of verbal expression rather than differences in perception of intensity.
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title	Gender differences in loudness perception may be linguistically influenced
title_short	Gender differences in loudness perception may be linguistically influenced
title_full	Gender differences in loudness perception may be linguistically influenced
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title_sort	gender differences in loudness perception may be linguistically influenced
publisher	The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
publishDate	2019
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