这项研究旨在评估(i)打鼾声音的哪些声学特征与打鼾声音的烦人性质有关;(ii)听众的心率是否与他们的感知烦恼相关;(iii)在与床伴打鼾声音经历不同的听众之间,感知的烦恼是否不同。六个具有独特声学特征的打鼾时代(即,参考,高音,高强度,短间隔,不规则强度,和不规则间隔)从打鼾患者中收集。二十名医生和技术人员参与了打鼾患者的医疗保健,并根据与床伴打鼾的个人经验分为三组(即。,非打鼾,打鼾但不烦人,打鼾和烦人)。测试对象听了每个时代,并对其烦恼程度进行了评分。在测试期间还使用手指体积描记器记录听众的心率。在这项研究的局限性内,人们发现,与其他打鼾的声音相比,高强度和不规则的打鼾声音与较高的感知烦恼有关。然而,更高的感觉到的打鼾声音烦恼没有反映在心率相关参数中。此外,听众的个人经历似乎并不影响他们感知到的烦恼。
This study aims to assess (i) which acoustic characteristics of snoring sounds are associated with the annoying nature of snoring sounds; (ii) whether listeners\' heart rates correlate with their perceived annoyance; and (iii) whether perceived annoyance is different between listeners with different experiences with their bedpartners\' snoring sounds. Six snoring epochs with distinct acoustic characteristics (viz., reference, high pitch, high intensity, short interval, irregular intensity, and irregular intervals) were collected from snoring patients. Twenty physicians and technicians were involved in the healthcare of snoring patients, and were divided into three groups based on personal experience with their bedpartners\' snoring sounds (viz., non-snoring, snoring but not annoying, and snoring and annoying). The test subjects listened to each epoch and rated its level of annoyance. Listeners\' heart rates were also recorded during the test using a finger plethysmograph. Within the limitations of this study, it was found that, compared with other snoring sounds, snoring sounds with high intensity and irregularity were associated with higher perceived annoyance. However, higher perceived annoyance of snoring sound was not reflected in heart rate-related parameters. In addition, listeners\' personal experiences do not seem to affect their perceived annoyance.