Acoustic engineering techniques should be built from perceptual mechanisms, not physics alone.

Evidence

The hope is that after reading this book the reader can work on development of techniques based on knowledge of the perceptual mechanisms. This goal is approached by introducing the physical, signal-processing, and psychophysical background to the sound technologies, where a human listener is involved. These technologies involve all audio and speech techniques, certain noise-related techniques, hearing aids, and audiology. — Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- An…, 123

Categorization

Category: Definitional Content

• SEED: Angles toward a ‘perception-first audio engineering’ essay contrasting how noise-control, audio, and hearing-aid design diverge in how they model the human receiver.
• ADDENDUM: The list of perception-driven technologies (noise-related techniques, hearing aids, audiology) directly extends the reader’s noise/silence articles where sound is judged by human impact rather than physical magnitude.

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