Sound perception is a constructive act mediated by memory, association, and social role

Evidence

Annoyance is a quite contentious argument because a noise for a people can be a kind of lifestyle for others. The perception of a sound is a complex process in which sound source is identified, the direction and distance evaluated, the recall to a memorized similar or dissimilar sound, and contemporarily the situation during which that sound was heard at that time. Sound memory produces the evocation of feelings and visual scenes. In the analysis of sonic annoyance it is necessary to separate analytically the structure of the sound from personal subjective characterization (e.g., loudness, unpleasantness) as suggested by Schulte-Fortkamp and Nitsch (1999). Finally, different groups of people (residents, visitors, workers, etc.) may have a different judgment of a specific sound. — Almo Farina, Soundscape Ecology, 950

Categorization

• XREF: The memory-evokes-scenes idea parallels deep-listening methods and Berglund-style perception framing used across the soundscape polyad. — connects to: Self-experimentation reveals that individual sound perception varies from the norm — Eric J. Heller, Why You Hear What You Hear- An…, 33; Sound perception is shaped by the listener’s expectations and context of use — Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- An…, 2494; Listening actively shapes the sound it perceives rather than merely registering it — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 346 (+3 more)
• recurring: this claim recurs 2 times within its source

Broader Connections

• Sound perception is shaped by the listener’s expectations and context of use #responds-to (0.85) — Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- An…, 2494
• Listening actively shapes the sound it perceives rather than merely registering it #expands (0.85) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 346
• Self-experimentation reveals that individual sound perception varies from the norm #corroborates (0.80) — Eric J. Heller, Why You Hear What You Hear- An…, 33
• Being open to listening changes how sounds are perceived, expanding perception #expands (0.80) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 422
• Auditory perception runs parallel bottom-up and top-down processes #expands (0.75) — Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- An…, 1321