Human perception and response to sound from unmanned aircraft systems within ambient acoustic environments.

ABSTRACT: Potential opportunities for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to offer societal benefits are accompanied by noise impact risks. Accordingly, it is important to develop greater understanding of perception and response to UAS sound. A laboratory listening experiment was undertaken to address this aim by investigating psychoacoustics of UAS sound exposure. The experiment incorporated contextual auditory and soundscape factors by embedding spatially-rendered UAS sounds within urban acoustic environments. The UAS covered varying aircraft designs, operating modes and numbers of flights. The experiment was focussed on determining noticeability and noise annoyance. The results indicate that annoyance responses were influenced by UAS type, operational mode, sound characteristics, quantities of flight

SUBMITTER: Lotinga MJB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11841372 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature