Sonification design must match data resolution to minimum audible differences

Evidence

Clearly, attention must be paid when sonifying data to the hearing capability of listeners who are making judgments to ensure they can actually hear the sonified data in the various ranges being used. In addition, the mapping between the data itself and the resulting acoustic change needs to relate the minimum data variation of interest to the minimum audible change in the particular audible change being FIGURE 7. — David M. Howard, Jamie Angus, Acoustics and Psychoacoustics, 2695

Categorization

• QUESTION: The paragraph trails off mid-sentence; the minimum-audible-change requirement begs the question of how to quantify JND for arbitrary sonic parameters.
• XREF: connects to: Sonification converts data relations into perceived acoustic relations — Almo Farina, Soundscape Ecology: Principles,…, 2472