Huo, S;
Wu, Y;
Kang, J;
Meng, Q;
Liu, F;
Yang, D;
(2022)
Acoustic Comfort and Sound Preference in the Nursing Home for
Blind Older Adults.
In:
Proceedings of the International Congress on Acoustics.
(pp. pp. 1-6).
International Congress on Acoustics: Gyeongju, Korea.
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Abstract
There have been many studies exploring the perception of the acoustic environment in older adults, but do blind older adults make a difference? This study conducted a subjective evaluation of the acoustic environment in an all-blind nursing home in China, investigating acoustic comfort and sound preference for different types of sound sources. The study found that 36.7% of the blind older adults were highly satisfied with the acoustic environment in nursing homes; blind older adults preferred natural sound and informational sounds and were more receptive and dependent on artificial sounds than others; the results indicated that blind older adults with light perception were more sensitive to sound and preferred an audible environment than blind older adults with no light perception, and they needed the feeling of having someone around them. This study may help nursing homes to provide environmental support for blind older adults.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
|---|---|
| Title: | Acoustic Comfort and Sound Preference in the Nursing Home for Blind Older Adults |
| Event: | 24th International Congress on Acoustics |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://www.ica2022korea.org/sub_proceedings.php |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © The Authors 2022. Original content in this paper is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence (https://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/deed.en). |
| Keywords: | Blind older adults, Acoustic comfort, Sound preference |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Bartlett School Env, Energy and Resources |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10170033 |
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