The method of continuous judgment by category is used and evaluated to measure time-varying attributes in aircraft flyover sounds. The results are also used to estimate preference between the different experimental sounds. Jurors were asked to rate perceived annoyance on a Borg CR 100 scale continuously during the playback of 11 flyover sequences and the results showed differences in perception in the time segment where the sound had been modified. The method can be used to evaluate maximum perceived annoyance, threshold levels, duration of perceptual presence temporal integration in perception, and perceptual mixtures over time.
QC 20140610