Noise annoyance cannot be captured by physical sound parameters alone.

Evidence

Annoyance that is considered the overall evaluation of the disturbance and the unpleasantness of environmental noise remain highly subjective, linked to social and cultural backgrounds. Finally, annoyance and all the effects of noise on human life (but also on animal life) cannot be simply described by a few physical parameters. In this direction is addressed the psychoacoustics approach and methodologies that considers other aspects beyond the physical sonic components, such as context, kind of information, individual expectation, and attitude to the sound. — Almo Farina, Soundscape Ecology, 1441

Categorization

• XREF: Reinforces the ch21/ch22 theme that annoyance tracks context and interpretation more than decibel level. — connects to: Noise-level reduction alone often fails to improve sonic environments perceived as unpleasant. — Almo Farina, Soundscape Ecology: Principles,…, 71; Sound quality cannot be assessed except through psychophysical experiments with human subjects — Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- An…, 2331; Psychoacoustic annoyance models only work within limited signal sets. (+6 more)
• recurring: this claim recurs 2 times within its source

Broader Connections

• Psychoacoustic annoyance models only work within limited signal sets. #exemplifies (0.85)
• Noise is fundamentally subjective rather than an objective property of sound #expands (0.85) — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 614
• Sound quality cannot be assessed except through psychophysical experiments with human subjects #expands (0.80) — Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- An…, 2331
• Steady-state loudness models fail for speech, music, and impulsive technical noises. #complicates (0.78) — Professor Dr.-Ing. Hugo Fastl, Professor Dr.-Ing. Eberhard, Psychoacoustics- Facts and Models, 1229
• Noise went unrecognized as harm because it could not be measured #corroborates (0.75) — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 262
• Loudness depends on more than physical sound intensity alone #complicates (0.72) — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 2610
• Room curves cannot define perceived sound quality on their own #exemplifies (0.72) — , Toole, Floyd E - Sound reproduction-…, 1561
• No single frequency-weighting can accurately meter loudness at all levels #corroborates (0.70) — David Howard, Jamie Angus, coustics and Psychoacoustics, 623