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Community soundscape is an important part of daily living environment, and the elderly have special feelings and needs with respect to soundscape perception. In this study, three existing communities, associated with a high degree of aging in Changsha city, were selected. The data were collected by Soundwalk method, and used Semantic Differential Technique to analyze the relationship between environmental dominant sounds and emotional perception of the elderly. Study results showed that the elderly generally prefer natural sounds, and have a lower valuation of mechanical noise such as sounds of ventilation equipment’s. The emotional effects of different types of human activity sounds on the elderly also perceived differently. Differences in community environments and living habits will affect the perception and evaluation of soundscape among the elderly.
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Wang, L., Chen, F., Li, J., Wang, J. (2021). Perception of Soundscape for the Elderly in Urban Communities: Field Study Based on Three Communities in Changsha, China. In: Rebelo, F. (eds) Advances in Ergonomics in Design. AHFE 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 261. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-79760-7_37
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