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Table 5.2 Seventy sounds used in experiment by Gygi et al. ( 2004 )

Duration
(ms)

Duration
(ms) Sound Code Sound Code

Airplane flying Air 3,426 Harp being strummed HAR 2,839

Baby crying BAB 3,119 Helicopter flying HCP 3,100

Basketball bouncing BBA 3,184 Horse neighing HEN 1,464

Beer can opening BER 431 Horse running HRR 2,046

Bells chiming BLS 3,100 Ice dropping into glass ICE 738

Billiard balls colliding BIL 1,634 Laughing LAF 1,836

Bird calling BRD 1,283 Match being lit MAT 1,366

Bowling BOW 3,062 Paper being crumpled PAP 1,697

Bubbling BLB 2,212 Phone ringing PHN 3,100

Buzzer sounding BZZ 2,523 Ping-pong ball

bouncing

PNG 3,945

Camera shutter clicking CAM 1,398 Printing paper PRN 3,154

Car accelerating CRA 3,209 Projector running PRJ 2,909

Car starting CRS 3,551 Rain RAI 3,362

Cars crashing CRC 3,110 Rocking chair RCK 3,234

Cars honking CRH 3,367 Rooster crowing ROO 2,004

Cash register closing REG 2,841 Scissors cutting paper SCI 2,807

Cat meowing CAT 1,054 Screen door closing SCR 3,292

Chimp calling CHP 2,315 Sheep baaing SHP 1,365

Chopping wood AXE 2,624 Shoveling SHV 1,585

Clapping CLP 1,035 Siren blaring SIR 1,534

Clock ticking CLK 2,882 Sneezing SNZ 844

Coughing COF 1,043 Splash SPL 2,338

Cow mooing COW 1,290 Stapling STA 822

Cymbals being hit CYM 1,204 Tennis ball being hit TEN 2,761

Dog barking DOG 1,007 Thunder rolling THU 2,895

Door opening and
closing

DOR 1,802 Toilet flushing TOI 2,494

Drumming DRM 2,747 Train moving TRN 3,333

Electric guitar (strum) GTR 2,087 Tree falling TRE 3,424

Electric saw cutting ESW 2,600 Typing on keyboard TYK 1,033

Flute playing FLU 2,566 Typing on typewriter TYT 2,755

Footsteps FST 2,700 Water pouring POU 3,302

Gargling GRG 2,523 Waves crashing WAV 2,876

Glass breaking GLS 1,018 Whistle blowing WHI 2,047

Gunshot GUN 902 Windshield wipers WWP 3,023

Hammering a nail HAM 1,833 Zipper ZIP 1,733

Source: Reproduced with permission from Gygi et al. ( 2004 )

The natural sounds included sounds from birds, wind whispering, rustling
leaves, moving water (rain), fountain jets, waterfalls, and a purling water spring.
Sounds from human activity included children at play, footsteps, and human voices.
The binaural soundscape excerpts were listened to by volunteers in an anechoic
chamber, and their assessments were collected for rating. The results of this