Reduced ep oduc ion le els o ou doo soundscapes a e
deemed app op ia e - e en a e eal-wo ld exposu e
Ma kus on Be g, Siegbe Ve süme , Joshua Bi a and Jochen S effens.
Supplemen al Ma e ial o h ps://doi.o g/10.1051/aacus/2025062
The supplemen al ma e ial consis s o wo ypes o da a: pa icipan s’ esponses
including agg ega ed le els and loudness measu es (1) and le el en elope o each
pa icipan s’ indi idual eco ding (2).
The supplemen al ma e ial is made a ailable unde CC BY 4.0 license. Any ques ions
migh be di ec ed o ma kusma in. onbe g@hs-duesseldo .de
1. Pa icipan s esponses
The CSV-file da a_ques ionnai es_agg ega eLe els.cs con ains a able
wi h pa icipan s' esponses o he ques ionnai e and all agg ega e le el measu es
(LAeq, LLz, e c.) discussed in he pape . Fo LAeq and LLz, bo h le (L) and igh
channel (R). Fo he LLz o he fi s and las 7.5s and 15s, espec i ely, only he
maximum alues we e assessed.
pa icipan
b eak_inBe ween
adjus ed_le el_di e ence
LAeq_L
…
1
immedia e
-8.9
77.88
…
2
a e b eak
-7.6
78.26
…
3
immedia e
-9.6
76.67
…
…
…
…
…
…
Schema ic iew o he esponse able
A ull lis o he column names and hei meanings is lis ed he end o his
documen a ion.
Fo he ques ionnai es Gold-MSI and NoiSeQ-R, composi e sco es as well as single
i em esponses a e p o ided. I ems ha we e e e sed o sco e agg ega ion a e
ma ked wi h and "R" a he end o he column name.
Fo in o ma ion on he i em p omp s and he esponse labels, please e e o Schü e
e al. (2009) o he NoiSeQ-R, and Müllensie en e al. (2014) o he Gold-MSI. To
see he ques ions and esponse op ions o he expe ience wi h acous ics, please see
he supplemen al ma e ial o on Be g e al. (2021).
2. Le el en elopes
The a chi e file le el_en elopes.zip con ains 31 CSV-files
le el_en elope_pa icipan [id].cs ha include unweigh ed and A-
weigh ed le els o he 1-minu e eco dings wi h a esolu ion o 125ms o each
pa icipan . The wo channels o each en elope co espond o he le (L) and igh
(R) ea o he dummy head. Fo pa icipan 25, he da a misses a ew seconds due o
a echnical issue du ing he eco ding. The alues a e ounded o h ee decimal
poin s.
LAeq_125ms_L
LAeq_125ms_R
Lunweigh _125ms_L
Lunweigh _125ms_R
75.664
75.804
77.338
77.319
76.373
77.318
78.101
78.833
76.681
77.769
78.124
78.775
…
…
…
…
Schema ic iew o an en elope able
Re e ences
D. Müllensie en, B. Ging as, J. Musil, L. S ewa : The musicali y o non-musicians:
an index o assessing musical sophis ica ion in he gene al popula ion. PloS
One 9 (2014) e89642.
M. Schü e, A. Ma ks, E. Wenning, B. G ei ahn: The de elopmen o he noise
sensi i i y ques ionnai e. Noise & Heal h 9 (2007) 15-24.
M. on Be g, J. S effens, S. Weinzie l, D. Müllensie en: Assessing oom acous ic
lis ening expe ise. The Jou nal o he Acous ical Socie y o Ame ica 150 (2021)
2539-2548.
Column names o da a_ques ionnai es_agg ega eLe els.cs
Name
Explana ion
pa icipan
Pa icipan ID. Ag ees wi h he
[id] o he le el en elope files.
b eak_inBe ween
Whe he le el adjus men was
pe o med immedia ely a e
e u ning o he lab o wi h a b eak
and ano he lins ening es in
be ween
adjus ed_le el_di e ence
Rela i e gain adjus men o he
playback le el made by pa icipan s
LAeq_L, LAeq_R
LAeq o he le (L) and ( igh ) ea
channels o he dummy head
LLz_sone_L, LLz_sone_R
Loudness le el om ISO 532-1 o
he le (L) and ( igh ) ea channels
o he dummy head
LLz_sone_max_ i s 7_5s,
LLz_sone_max_las 7_5s,
LLz_sone_max_ i s 15s,
LLz_sone_max_las 15s
Maximum loudness le el om ISO
532-1 o he fi s /las 7.5s/15s o
each eco ding
sex
Pa icipan ’s sex (m=male,
= emale, d=di e se)
age
Pa icipan s’ age in yea s
educa ion
Highes educa ional deg ee
hea ing_diso de
We e pa icipan s awa e o any
hea ing diso de ?
ype_o _hea ing_diso de
Type o hea ing diso de , i p e ious
ques ion was answe ed wi h “yes”.
expe ience_bina y
Whe he pa icipan s we e
ca ego ized as expe ienced o laymen
acco ding o he ques ions on
expe ience wi h acous ics.
NoiSeQR_gene al_noise_sensi i i y,
NoiSeQR_habi a ion, NoiSeQR_wo k,
NoiSeQR_sleep
Mean sco es o he NoiSeQ-R:
gene al sco e (all ques ions) and o
subscales habi a ion, wo k, sleep
GoldMSI_MusicalT ainin_sco e,
GoldMSI_Pe cep ualAbili ies_sco e
Mean sco es o he Gold-MSI
subscales musical aining and
pe cep ual abili ies.
expe ience_wi h_acous ics_academic,
expe ience_wi h_acous ics_ eco ding
P e ious expe ience wi h acous ics
as pa o an academic ca ee and
p o essional o p i a e sound
eco ding ac i i ies.
GoldMSI_MT_i em_[desc ip ion],
GoldMSI_PA_i em_[desc ip ion]
Single Gold-MSI i ems
1
o he
subscale musical aining (MT) o
pe cep ual abili ies (PA).
[desc ip ion] is specific o each
i em.
GoldMSI_MT_i em_[desc ip ion]_R,
GoldMSI_PA_i em_[desc ip ion]_R,
Single Gold-MSI i ems
1
o he
subscale musical aining (MT) o
pe cep ual abili ies (PA) ha ha e
been e e sed o calcula e he mean
subscale sco e.
[desc ip ion] is specific o each
i em.
NoiSeQR_G_i em_O e allNoiseSensi i e
Single NoiSeQ-R i em on o e all
noise sensi i i y. Used o
calcula ion o he gene al noise
sensi i i y sco e.
NoiSeQR_H_[desc ip ion],
NoiSeQR_W_[desc ip ion],
NoiSeQR_S_[desc ip ion]
Single NoiSeQ-R i ems
2
o he
subscale habi a ion (H), wo k (W),
o sleep (S).
[desc ip ion] is specific o each
i em.
NoiSeQR_H_[desc ip ion]_R,
NoiSeQR_W_[desc ip ion]_R,
NoiSeQR_S_[desc ip ion]_R
Single NoiSeQ-R i ems
2
o he
subscale habi a ion (H), wo k (W),
o sleep (S) ha ha e been e e sed
o calcula e he mean subscale sco e.
[desc ip ion] is specific o each
i em.
1 see supplemen al ma e ial o Müllensie en e al. (2014) o he exac i em p omp s.
2 see Schü e e al. (2009) o he exac i em p omp s.
