Sounds of Trauma

Heterogeneity of defensive responses after exposure to trauma: blunted autonomic reactivity in response to startling sounds.

Research on threat responses, particularly among trauma-exposed individuals, has traditionally focused on increased autonomic arousal and reactivity. However, clinical features associated with trauma exposure, such as dissociation (e.g., shutting down or "spacing out") manifest as the opposite pattern: non-reactivity and blunted arousal. These clinical features suggest that the possibility of t...

Analysis of Environmental Sounds

Analysis of Environmental Sounds

Perception of Speech Sounds

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Perception of disturbing sounds

Åsa Skagerstrand (2018): Perception of disturbing sounds: Studies from The Swedish Institute for Disability Research 89. The present thesis concerns the daily sound environment and the human perception of the same. The sound environment affects the possibility to be active in a communication. With background noise, it may be harder to hear desired signals, and when suffering from a hearing loss...

Lung Sounds