Auditory distraction by speech: Can a babble masker restore working memory performance and subjective perception to baseline?

Renz, Tobias; Leistner, Philip; Liebl, Andreas

doi:10.1016/j.apacoust.2018.02.023

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“…At the end of the screening process, data were extracted from altogether 14 studies 13,18,20,43,55,57‐60,62‐66 . In the following, the term test is used to refer to the investigation of the STI ‐ performance relation in a specific task within a study.…”

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“…Of the studies that examined different types of masking sounds (eg, Ref. 58,63), data from experimental conditions that met the inclusion criteria were accepted. We also accepted a study where speech was presented during the memorizing phase of a short-term memory task but not during recall.…”

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“…At the end of the screening process, data were extracted from altogether 14 studies. 13,18,20,43,55,57-60, [62][63][64][65][66] In the following, the term test is used to refer to the investigation of the STI-performance relation in a specific task within a study. The included studies contained a total of 34 tests of the STI-performance relation, each represented by one row in Table 1.…”

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The relation between the intelligibility of irrelevant speech and cognitive performance—A revised model based on laboratory studies

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Dissatisfaction with acoustic conditions is a common problem in open-plan offices, as documented by numerous researchers over several decades. 1-6 Similar problems are also encountered nowadays in activity-based offices, albeit to a lesser extent. 7-9 Of the different noise sources in open-plan offices, speech is the main source of noise annoyance, 3,5,10 correlating highly with the general perception of disturbing noise. 11 The acoustic problems are not restricted to subjective discomfort but have more direct implications for the productivity of workers. Background speech that is irrelevant to the listener (later in the text: speech) is known to objectively decrease human performance in several areas of information processing, including particularly verbal short-term memory, 12 but also more complex tasks, such as writing 13 and proofreading. 14 Thus, the noise control

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“…Cognitive performance loss, for instance, can be interpreted as an index of performance loss in working or learning environments. Although the effect of office noise and in particular background speech within an office is the subject of research of several work groups [58,59].…”

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Imran¹

2022

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“…Decreased occupant health and communication clarity, both addressed above, result in decreased well-being (Renz et al , 2018; Park and Lee, 2019; Gao et al ., 2018). Creating a calm acoustic environment is absolutely necessary in spaces where occupants spend large portions of their time (Setunge and Gamage, 2016).…”

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The birth of intelligent passive room acoustic technology: a qualitative review

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Ghaffarianhoseini³

2021

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Purpose Informed by acoustic design standards, the built environments are designed with single reverberation times (RTs), a trade-off between long and short RTs needed for different space functions. A range of RTs should be achievable in spaces to optimise the acoustic comfort in different aural situations. This paper proclaims a novel concept: Intelligent passive room acoustic technology (IPRAT), which achieves real-time room acoustic optimisation through the integration of passive variable acoustic technology (PVAT) and acoustic scene classification (ASC). ASC can intelligently identify changing aural situations, and PVAT can physically vary the RT. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative best-evidence synthesis method is used to review the available literature on PVAT and ASC. Findings First, it is highlighted that dynamic spaces should be designed with varying RTs. The review then exposes a gap of intelligently adjusting RT according to changing building function. A solution is found: IPRAT, which integrates PVAT and ASC to uniquely fill this literature gap. Originality/value The development, functionality, benefits and challenges of IPRAT offer a holistic understanding of the state-of-the-art IPRAT, and a use case example is provided. Going forward, it is concluded that IPRAT can be prototyped and its impact on acoustic comfort can be quantified.

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Auditory distraction by speech: Can a babble masker restore working memory performance and subjective perception to baseline?

Cited by 13 publications

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The relation between the intelligibility of irrelevant speech and cognitive performance—A revised model based on laboratory studies

The relation between the intelligibility of irrelevant speech and cognitive performance—A revised model based on laboratory studies

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The birth of intelligent passive room acoustic technology: a qualitative review

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